Tears of Autumn by Yoshiko Uchida

By eight the next morning, Hana was up and dressed in her finest purple silk kimono and coat.

• True

• False

Hana could eat the bean soup and rice that appeared for breakfast and took only a few bites of radish.

• True

• False

The large willow basket, tightly secure by a rope, remained under the bunk, since her sister has placed it there.

• True

• False

There were some Russians also traveling to an alien land, according to history.

• True

• False

Hana was not eager for a first glimpse of her new homeland, before arriving to America.

• True

• False

Takeda San looked older than forty-one, according to history.

• True

• False

The bags boarded the ship by Hana, they had inside some of her favorites:

• a and b, are correct

• A. Kimonos

• B. Favorite books

As the ship approached land, Hana hurried up to the deck to look out at:

• The blue ocean

• Gray expanse of ocean and sky

• Green expanse of land

When Hana set foot on American soil at last, it was not in the city of:

• Tahoe

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• New York

Hana spends two days and nights waiting, as the immigrants were questioned by officials, examined for trachoma and tuberculosis, and tested for:

• Hookworm

• Heart decease

• Pneumonia