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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the note say that Yoko gives the corporal?
(a) Good bye for now.
(b) Good luck in war.
(c) Thank you.
(d) I will miss you.

2. What outrages Hideyo?
(a) The disappearance of his friends.
(b) The ignorance of the Russians.
(c) The cruelty of the Korean Communists.
(d) The loss of his family.

3. 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 afraid of catching a disease.
(d) They are summoned to the front of the train.

4. What do Hideyo and his friends discover on the way to Seoul?
(a) That Korea has lost the war.
(b) That Japan has lost the war.
(c) That Japan won the war.
(d) That Father has been killed.

5. What happens to Yoko in chapter three?
(a) She is cut.
(b) She is separated from her family.
(c) She loses her arm.
(d) Her ear is injured.

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

7. Which character is chosen to entertain soldiers at the hospital?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Mr. Enomoto.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Mother.

8. What age is Yoko at the start of the story?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

9. How does Yoko nearly reveal the family's hiding place in Chapter 2?
(a) By sneezing.
(b) By tripping.
(c) By throwing up.
(d) By crying.

10. During the train ride, what happens?
(a) The family gets separated.
(b) The passengers are forbidden to talk.
(c) The soldiers beat the passengers.
(d) The pregnant woman gives birth.

11. What is Yoko most upset over after she, Ko, and Mother change into their disguises and continue their journey towards Seoul?
(a) Missing her friends.
(b) Being thirsty.
(c) Her shaved head.
(d) Being hungry.

12. Why does Yoko's family live in Korea?
(a) Father works for the government in Manchuria.
(b) Father is a native Korean.
(c) The family was in hiding.
(d) The family was exiled.

13. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?
(a) Major Ryu.
(b) Hideyo.
(c) Mr. Enomoto.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

14. What does the train stop to get?
(a) Coal and water.
(b) More prisoners.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Food.

15. What is the first thing the family eats after four days of not eating anything?
(a) Rice.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Bread.
(d) Berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stolen from Hideyo's room at home?

2. How long does Yoko stay in the hospital tent?

3. What does Yoko study at school in addition to calligraphy and Japanese dancing?

4. What is a plausible explanation for the Russians not realizing that Hideyo and his friends were Japanese and not Korean?

5. Why do the Korean Communists stage a raid at Hideyo's workplace?

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