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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 ask Mother at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What happens to Hideyo when he reaches the farmhouse?

3. What items does the trash man save for Yoko?

4. What headline does Yoko see in the newspaper?

5. How long has it been since Hideyo had eaten at the start of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the emotions Ko and Yoko experience in the first few pages of Chapter 9.

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

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

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

6. At this point in the story, what defines "normal" for Yoko and Ko?

7. What rituals and traditions do Yoko and Ko perform in honor of New Year's? What significance do they have?

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

9. What motivates Hideyo to press on as he struggles through the storm?

10. Why does Yoko find it hard to believe that the corporal has found her and Ko?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the portrayal of the Korean Communists in the book. Compare and contrast this with historic research and primary documents.

Essay Topic 2

Ko and Yoko seem to escape or change their fate on many different occasions. Cite three specific opportunities, experiences, or events which allow them to continue living and change their circumstances.

Essay Topic 3

Despite all that Yoko endures, how is she able to maintain her identity throughout the book? What obstacles does she encounter? How does she overcome them?

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