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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Mother leave for Aomori?
(a) It is too dangerous.
(b) They haven't found Hideyo yet.
(c) They don't know where father is.
(d) They have no way to get there.

2. What does Hideyo find to eat as he approaches the gorge through the mountains?
(a) Rice.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Corn.
(d) Tomatoes.

3. What does Hideyo consider taking from the dead soldier?
(a) His food.
(b) His gun.
(c) His uniform.
(d) His money.

4. Where is the red light that Hideyo sees coming from?
(a) A farmhouse.
(b) A train in the distance.
(c) A soldier's bunker.
(d) His home.

5. Why does Yoko hand deliver her manuscript?
(a) It is supposed to be hand-delivered.
(b) It is too heavy to mail.
(c) She is required to read it aloud to the judges.
(d) She doesn't have enough money to mail it.

6. Who is Mrs. Masuda?
(a) Yoko's teacher.
(b) A factory owner who helps the sisters.
(c) A friend of Mother's.
(d) A distant relative.

7. Who writes a letter to Yoko?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Corporal Matsumura.
(c) Father.
(d) Mrs. Masuda.

8. What was the main difference between the Japanese trains and the Korean trains?
(a) The Korean trains are cleaner.
(b) The Japanese trains are slower.
(c) The Korean trains are more crowded.
(d) The Japanese trains are smaller.

9. Who has Mrs. Masuda been waiting for at the train station?
(a) Her nephew.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her niece.

10. What happened to Yoko's grandparents?
(a) They were refugees.
(b) They all died in the bombing.
(c) They were prisoners of war.
(d) They were missing.

11. Where is the refugee camp?
(a) In the cafeteria of a boys' school.
(b) In the auditorium of a girls' school.
(c) In the field near a farmhouse.
(d) In the gymnasium of a public school.

12. Why won't Hideyo throw away the old Korean clothes?
(a) Because they were all he had.
(b) Because Mother had given them to him.
(c) Because he had loved the Lees who gave them to him.
(d) Because Father had given them to him.

13. What is the condition of the warehouse when Ko and Yoko arrive?
(a) It is overcrowded.
(b) It is clean and comfortable.
(c) It is nicely decorated.
(d) It is dirty and abandoned.

14. How has the janitor at Yoko's school changed in Chapter 8?
(a) He goes mute.
(b) He begins to speak more fluently.
(c) He begins to sing.
(d) His stutter is worse.

15. How does Mother pay for Yoko and Ko to go to school?
(a) She steals the money.
(b) She obtained scholarships for them.
(c) A friend of mother's pays.
(d) She has brought money from Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yoko think of Ko?

2. What physical attribute is Yoko very self-conscious about?

3. What is the title of Yoko's work?

4. What color was Yoko's blanket originally?

5. How long did it take to cross the Korean Straight?

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