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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. What items does the trash man save for Yoko?
(a) A slide rule, scissors, a compass, and a dictionary.
(b) Scissors, pens, tape, and glue.
(c) Notebooks, a binder, paper clips, and a ruler.
(d) A thesaurus, a calculator, paint, and an eraser.

2. Besides hunger, what does Hideyo experience?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

3. How had Hideyo felt about snow when he lived in Nanam?
(a) He thought it was pretty.
(b) He didn't care.
(c) He hated it.
(d) He was delighted to see it.

4. What do Yoko and Ko use as an urn to store the important ashes?
(a) A family heirloom.
(b) A bottle.
(c) A mess kit.
(d) A wooden box.

5. What does Ko make for breakfast, "the only decent breakfast" they've eaten in five months?
(a) Miso soup and rice.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Vegetables and rice.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Mrs. Masuda been waiting for at the train station?

2. What does Hideyo sleep on?

3. What does Hideyo find to eat as he approaches the gorge through the mountains?

4. What does Ko make from the Korean Communists' uniforms?

5. What do Ko and Yoko set up in the warehouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dichotomy of the Tokyo train station.

2. How does Ko continue to demonstrate her survival instincts in Chapter 9?

3. Why do you think Yoko would choose to write about her experiences at school rather than the ordeal she and her family endured when leaving Korea?

4. Do you think the geese Hideyo sees flying are a symbol of anything? If so, what?

5. Why does Hideyo not want to part with the clothes he gtes from the Lees?

6. As Chapter 8 begins, Yoko feels that she has nothing except for one thing. What does she have?

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

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

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

10. What are the physical and psychological obstacles facing Hideyo in Chapter 6?

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