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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 does Hideyo sleep on?
(a) The ground.
(b) His sister's fur coat.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A thin mattress.
2. What wakes up Yoko while she is sleeping in the factory?
(a) An alarm.
(b) A bad dream.
(c) A streetcar.
(d) Ko.
3. What town is the only one to escape bombing?
(a) Pusan.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Aomori.
(d) Nanam.
4. Why won't Mother leave for Aomori?
(a) They have no way to get there.
(b) They don't know where father is.
(c) It is too dangerous.
(d) They haven't found Hideyo yet.
5. Why does Hideyo climb a tree instead of playing dead?
(a) He thinks that he might launch a surprise attack on the soldiers.
(b) He is afraid of being buried alive.
(c) He is afraid the soldiers will realize he is really alive.
(d) He thinks the soldiers will take his valuables from him.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Yoko think of Ko?
2. Why do Ko's classmates stop teasing her?
3. What is the most gorgeous thing Yoko ever owned?
4. What happens to mother in Chapter 8?
5. Where is the red light that Hideyo sees coming from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Hideyo is so attached to Yoko's fur coat?
2. Why does Hideyo not want to part with the clothes he gtes from the Lees?
3. As Chapter 8 begins, Yoko feels that she has nothing except for one thing. What does she have?
4. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?
5. Do you think the geese Hideyo sees flying are a symbol of anything? If so, what?
6. What role do Ko and Yoko play in Mother's death ritual?
7. 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?
8. Why do you think that mother insists that Yoko and Ko continue their education?
9. Upon mother's and Yoko's reunion at the train station, Yoko thinks to herself that she suddenly "felt grown up." What brings about this change in Yoko's sense of self?
10. How does Yoko feel when she disembarks the boat in Fukuoka?
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