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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yoko study at school in addition to calligraphy and Japanese dancing?
2. What happens to Yoko in chapter three?
3. What is Dr. Takeda's connection to Yoko's family?
4. How did Yoko's family prove that they were Japanese?
5. What does Ko make out of rope for Yoko?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the Kawashima family, of Japanese origin, living in Korea?
2. The Korean officials are quite strict about letting only 100 people on the boat. One official says, "the rule is the rule. That is what your government always said to us." Why do you think the soldier delights in saying this to the hundreds of people waiting in line?
3. What war-time preparations are being made by Yoko's family in Chapter 1?
4. Yoko's family has little time to pack when they left their home. They have to decide between items necessary for survival and items which are of sentimental value. What item of sentimental is revealed in this chapter and what is its significance?
5. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends take extra care in handling the bodies of women or young girls when they are packing up bodies for disposal?
6. Early in Chapter 5, Ko wishes that Yoko had been killed. Do you think she still feels this way at the end of the chapter? Why or why not?
7. Do you think Yoko would have made it this far without Ko?
8. What is the symbolism of Yoko's Mt. Fuji paperweight?
9. Give examples of ordinary people risking their lives to help others in Chapter 2.
10. Why do you think that Mother seems dismayed about how Ko procures the tomatoes and corn instead of marveling at Ko's resourcefulness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does family play in the book? How is the importance of family symbolized? At what cost does the family try to stay together? Are there characters in the book who are not blood relatives but act as such? Give specific examples.
Essay Topic 2
How does Japan's historical interest in Korea, particularly in the two World Wars, affect the characters in So Far From the Bamboo Grove?
Essay Topic 3
What qualities and character traits does Yoko possess that enabled her to survive her ordeal? Compare and contrast these traits with those possessed by Ko and Hideyo. Based on what you know of their parents, which parent do you think each sibling takes after?
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