OP #4

1. I think that Yoko wants to help him because he was the only person in the school that was nice to her and was her friend. She also remembers her father being in the same position and I think that she can roll herself after her father because he's alive, and still waiting to come home. They both are outcasts, weirdos, misfits.

2. She realizes that Ko wasn't doing anything for school, she was trying to make more money to buy something nice and traditional for Yoko for the New Year. This shows Yoko that Ko is willing to spend time to make her sister's life that much better. Yoko changes form hating Ko, to loving her and being thankful for her.

3q (q for question). Explain your reaction to thier mother's death.

3a (a for answer). I was really surprised and sad. It didn't seem like she was that sick. I felt like I wanted to cry, and the thought that she died at her daughter's side, and that she didn't get to see her oldest daughter before she died. :(

OP #3

3. WRITE YOUR OWN: Ask a "Why" question of your group about a character or event in the book. It should be a discussion question, not a reading comprehension question. It should be something people in your group may

1a. They've got to leave because it's not safe in Korea. Japan will be a lot safer, and more plentiful in vital things that they need, like food, water, clothes, and safety. Also, the train station is terribly unsafe because it is so packed with people. You could be easily raped, catch a terrible sickness, and have your things stolen. Ko,Yoko, and their mother had to go through trash cans for food.

1b. I think they had to leave Hideyo behind. If they didn't, they would've been long dead by now because Hideyo described his house demolished by the Koreans. I think that I would've left a note saying that they would be waiting somewhere secret for him. And that they would wait there until he got there.

2. Why do you think the girls were so emotional when they left Korea? Why did the mother and Ko start to cry when the boat set sail?

2Answer. I think that the girls were really sad because they were really reflecting on their journey. They had been through so much together and they had so much pain and misery that it was really hard to reflect on it. And the fact that they were going to a better place.