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

2. What does Ko miss about the train station?
(a) The smell.
(b) The sounds.
(c) The clock.
(d) The people.

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

4. Why was Hideyo happy at first when he sees people coming towards him on the tracks?
(a) He thinks they are other escapees.
(b) He thinks they are Russians coming to save him.
(c) He thinks he has almost made it to Seoul.
(d) He thinks they are his family members.

5. How long did it take to cross the Korean Straight?
(a) A week.
(b) Six hours.
(c) A month.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ko make for breakfast, "the only decent breakfast" they've eaten in five months?

2. In addition to Japanese, who are the Korean Communists killing?

3. What is the most gorgeous thing Yoko ever owned?

4. How had Hideyo felt about snow when he lived in Nanam?

5. What was the main difference between the Japanese trains and the Korean trains?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?

4. Why do you think that mother insists that Yoko and Ko continue their education?

5. How would you characterize Yoko's classmates' experience during the final months of the war based on the way she is received?

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

7. At this point in the story, what defines "normal" for Yoko and Ko?

8. What role do Ko and Yoko play in Mother's death ritual?

9. What evidence is there that deep down, Ko is still a young girl?

10. How do Yoko and Ko carry out the Japanese death ritual and show respect for mother?

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