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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yoko's family prove that they were Japanese?
(a) By showing the soldiers photos of their old village.
(b) By showing the soldiers report cards and insurance documents.
(c) By speaking Japanese.
(d) By showing the soldiers birth certificates.

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

3. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?
(a) Because the Japanese killed so many Koreans in World War I.
(b) Because they were racists.
(c) Because they were under Japanese rule for so long.
(d) Because they believed in a different religion.

4. How do Ko and Yoko leave word for Hideyo?
(a) By leaving a message with the stationmaster.
(b) By carving messages into the station posts.
(c) By calling the factory where he worked.
(d) By asking a friend to deliver the message.

5. What happens to the three soldiers when they confront Yoko's family?
(a) They surrender.
(b) They are ambushed.
(c) A bomb kills them.
(d) They are shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is referred to as "honorable?"

2. What is Hideyo packing into metal-lined wooden boxes at the start of Chapter 4?

3. What does Ko manage to get from the farmer by speaking to him in Korean?

4. What is the first thing the family eats after four days of not eating anything?

5. How does Yoko's family travel undetected?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Yoko's emotions as she, Ko, and mother head for Japan.

2. In what ways is Yoko having to grow up quickly in Chapter 2?

3. Why is mother upset that Hideyo wants to join the army?

4. Describe Ko's continued ascent to leader of the family.

5. For the first time, Ko cries as the family sets sail towards Japan. Why do you think she cries?

6. The Japanese are being persecuted by the Korean Communists because of their nationality. How has Yoko had to compromise her individual and cultural identity thus far?

7. Why do you think that Mother seems dismayed about how Ko procures the tomatoes and corn instead of marveling at Ko's resourcefulness?

8. The Korean officials are quite strict about letting only 100 people on the boat. One official says, "the rule is the rule. That is what your government always said to us." Why do you think the soldier delights in saying this to the hundreds of people waiting in line?

9. What is the symbolism of Yoko's Mt. Fuji paperweight?

10. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends make a plan to reunite in five years at the Tokyo Bridge?

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