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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 do Yoko and Ko find in the wrapping cloth?

2. What does Ko miss about the train station?

3. How had Hideyo felt about snow when he lived in Nanam?

4. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?

5. Why can't Yoko go to the hotel alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the physical and psychological obstacles facing Hideyo in Chapter 6?

2. How would you characterize Yoko's classmates' experience during the final months of the war based on the way she is received?

3. Why do you think Yoko titled her essay, "Understanding?"

4. How does Ko demonstrate the importance of respect in Japanese culture?

5. Why do you think Yoko ponders that "it was strange that we did not think more of father, whom we loved dearly" instead of Hideyo?

6. Why do you think Yoko would choose to write about her experiences at school rather than the ordeal she and her family endured when leaving Korea?

7. How does Yoko feel when she disembarks the boat in Fukuoka?

8. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?

9. How do Yoko and Ko carry out the Japanese death ritual and show respect for mother?

10. Despite their destitute situation, how does Ko see things in a positive light?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the Kawashima family loses virtually all of their possessions including their home, what do they never lose despite their circumstances? Cite three examples and explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why do you think Yoko titled her essay "Understanding?" Do you think a different title would have been more fitting? Explain.

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