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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. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?
2. What were the Japanese required to surrender to Korean officials before boarding the ship to Japan?
3. What does Ko see that makes her want the family to leave Seoul?
4. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?
5. How do Ko and Yoko leave word for Hideyo?
Short Essay Questions
1. The Japanese are being persecuted by the Korean Communists because of their nationality. How has Yoko had to compromise her individual and cultural identity thus far?
2. What war-time preparations are being made by Yoko's family in Chapter 1?
3. 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?
4. Why do you think Hideyo returns home to retrieve the family photo album?
5. What evidence is there in Chapter 5 that indicates that Ko's place and role in the family has changed?
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. 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?
8. Which of his sisters do you think Hideyo is more like and why?
9. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends make a plan to reunite in five years at the Tokyo Bridge?
10. Why does Hideyo think that the Korean Communists want to find his father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the role of kindness in the book. Give specific examples of the kindness that Yoko and her family members receive from others.
Essay Topic 2
What historical events explain why the Korean Communists persecuted the Japanese? Are there any similar situations in history which have brought about a similar result?
Essay Topic 3
How does Japan's historical interest in Korea, particularly in the two World Wars, affect the characters in So Far From the Bamboo Grove?
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