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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. Why do Ko's classmates stop teasing her?

2. What did mother tell Yoko to hold onto before she passed away?

3. Why does Yoko speak slowly to the man with the stutter?

4. How does Mother pay for Yoko and Ko to go to school?

5. What wakes up Yoko while she is sleeping in the factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think that mother insists that Yoko and Ko continue their education?

2. What role do Ko and Yoko play in Mother's death ritual?

3. Describe Yoko's friendship with Mr. Naido.

4. What evidence is there that deep down, Ko is still a young girl?

5. Do you think the geese Hideyo sees flying are a symbol of anything? If so, what?

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

7. Why does Hideyo not want to part with the clothes he gtes from the Lees?

8. 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?

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

10. How does Ko continue to demonstrate her survival instincts in Chapter 9?

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

What role do Japanese customs and traditions play in the book? Are there instances in which Yoko and her family might have acted differently had they not felt obligated to stay true to their heritage? Cite specific examples.

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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