Grenade (Book Test)

After waking up in a US camp, Hideki is surprised that...

• he got caught.

• they had treated his wounds and taken care of him.

• he chose to stay at the camp until it was safer to leave.

• Ray was at the camp.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What does Hideki decide about the Americans?

• They are monsters all the time. No American is good.

• They are only monsters when they have to be. War makes them monsters. But they can be good, too.

• The Americans are not monsters. They are good and can be trusted.

• Monsters aren't real.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

How does Hideki convince the family in the tomb to surrender to the Americans?

• He tells them the Japanese soldiers will treat them worse.

• He shows them the fliers about how to surrender.

• He tells them how the Americans took good care of him and treated his wounds.

• He tells them the Americans are monsters in the war.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What happens when Hideki is in the cave he calls the "toilet sauna"?

• He has to convince a soldier he is not a spy.

• The American soldiers set the cave on fire, and Hideki saves a nurse under a cabinet.

• Hideki has to crawl out under a big, unexploded bomb.

• He tries to surrender to the American soldiers.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Who does Hideki find in a cave the Japanese soldiers drag him and Masako into?

• his father

• Ray's mabui

• an old Okinawan woman

• Kimiko

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why does Hideki think Kimiko, Masako, the other children, and himself need to get out of the cave right away?

• The Japanese soldiers are planning to use the Okinawan kids as human shields.

• The Japanese soldiers don't have enough food left to feed all of them.

• Hideki is afraid the bomb will explode.

• The Americans have set the cave on fire.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What obstacle will Hideki, Masako, Kimiko, and the children face as they try to escape the cave?

• The cave is surrounded by US soldiers.

• The Japanese soldiers are guarding the back entrance.

• There is a large, unexploded bomb in the way.

• The children are scared and don't want to leave the soldiers.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

How does Hideki show the US soldiers he and the other children are not armed?

• He directs all the children to strip down to their underclothes, walk with their hands in the air, and he says the word for "surrender."

• He uses English to explain to the bear-man soldier that he and the other children are not a threat.

• He shows the soldiers Ray's photos and tries to explain that he's trying to do the right thing after learning what it's really like to kill in a war.

• The soldiers recognize Kimiko and trust her, so they allow Hideki and the other kids to enter their camp.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

How do we know the soldier Hideki meets near the end of the book is Big John? Select 2.

• The soldier is described as a bear-sized man.

• Hideki hears the other soldiers use Big John's name.

• Big John introduces himself to Hideki to try to help the kids feel safe.

• Hideki hears the big soldier say, "Rei (Ray)?"

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What does Hideki do to honor the soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa?

• He has Kimiko make special offerings for their mabui so their spirits can be at peace.

• He carves their names in the walls of Shuri castle after the fire.

• He writes letters to the family members he could find and mails the pictures back to them.

• He frames their photos and posts them along the wall of Shuri castle, Japanese and American side-by-side.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9