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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 take from the trash?
2. What happens to mother in Chapter 8?
3. How does eating so many mushrooms effect Hideyo?
4. What does Hideyo find to eat as he approaches the gorge through the mountains?
5. What is the condition of the warehouse when Ko and Yoko arrive?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Yoko titled her essay, "Understanding?"
2. What evidence is there that deep down, Ko is still a young girl?
3. Describe the emotions Ko and Yoko experience in the first few pages of Chapter 9.
4. What are the physical and psychological obstacles facing Hideyo in Chapter 6?
5. Why does Hideyo not want to part with the clothes he gtes from the Lees?
6. Why does Yoko find it hard to believe that the corporal has found her and Ko?
7. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?
8. How does Yoko feel when she disembarks the boat in Fukuoka?
9. 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?
10. How does Ko demonstrate the importance of respect in Japanese culture?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Yoko titled her essay "Understanding?" Do you think a different title would have been more fitting? Explain.
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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