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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 food does Hideyo share with his friends?
2. What does Ko see that makes her want the family to leave Seoul?
3. What change in Yoko's and Ko's behavior does Mother insist on so that their identity will not be discovered while waiting at the Seoul train station?
4. How does Ko change her appearance?
5. Who is a bigger threat to Yoko and her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What war-time preparations are being made by Yoko's family in Chapter 1?
2. Under what circumstances does Yoko think Ko is being mean?
3. Why do you think "Hideyo talked to himself in his heart"?
4. Why does mother not want to look as the train passes their house?
5. 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?
6. For the first time, Ko cries as the family sets sail towards Japan. Why do you think she cries?
7. Why do the students perform at the hospital?
8. 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?
9. Why does Hideyo think that the Korean Communists want to find his father?
10. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends make a plan to reunite in five years at the Tokyo Bridge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
So Far From the Bamboo Grove is seen as a controversial book by some who have even fought to have it removed from English curricula. Why do you think people perceive this book as controversial? Cite specific examples from the text which could be construed as controversial.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the portrayal of the Korean Communists in the book. Compare and contrast this with historic research and primary documents.
Essay Topic 3
There are many times throughout the book when the characters have to lie or be dishonest with people. Under what circumstances did Yoko, Ko, Hideyo, and other characters have to lie throughout their ordeal? What were the consequences, if any, for their dishonesty? Might these lies ever come back to haunt the characters in their future? If so, how?
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