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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hideyo do instead of going to war?
(a) Goes to school.
(b) Goes to work in the factory.
(c) Goes to jail.
(d) Goes to America.

2. Who gives the family some difficulty?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The pregnant woman.
(c) The stationmaster.
(d) The doctor.

3. What risk do the nurse and medic take on the train bound for Seoul?
(a) They take Yoko and Ko into hiding.
(b) They let the family go free.
(c) They provide the family with an alternate identity.
(d) They lie about the condition of Yoko's family.

4. Why does Hideyo fail the written test for the military?
(a) He can't read.
(b) He doesn't study.
(c) He fails by accident.
(d) He fails on purpose.

5. Why do the soldiers quickly leave the boxcar in which Yoko, Ko, and Mother are located?
(a) They are under attack.
(b) They hear a riot in the next boxcar.
(c) They are summoned to the front of the train.
(d) They are afraid of catching a disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Yoko's teacher, Mr. Enomoto deliver to the class?

2. Why does Yoko's family live in Korea?

3. What happens after the train is bombed?

4. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?

5. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?

(see the answer key)

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