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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. Which theme emerges in Chapter 2?

2. Where do Hideyo's friends go once they reach Wonsan?

3. Which character becomes a friend of Yoko's family?

4. What does Ko manage to get from the farmer by speaking to him in Korean?

5. During the train ride, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Yoko's family's life different during the day and at night?

2. Under what circumstances does Yoko think Ko is being mean?

3. What evidence is there in Chapter 5 that indicates that Ko's place and role in the family has changed?

4. Why do you think "Hideyo talked to himself in his heart"?

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. Which of his sisters do you think Hideyo is more like and why?

7. 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?

8. What sort of traditional Japanese activities is Yoko learning at school?

9. What is the symbolism of Yoko's Mt. Fuji paperweight?

10. What evidence is there of Ko's survival skills and instinct in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think there is such a heavy emphasis on education throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of honor in the book.

Essay Topic 3

War is a time when man's inhumanity to man emerges. Cite three examples in the book when humanity reigned in the face of adversity.

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