What We Know So Far About So Far From the Bamboo Grove

The author of the novel is

• Ko Kawashima

• Donald Watkins

• Yoko Kawashima Watkins

• Kawashima Yoko Watkins

Which statement is false?

• Koreans resented Japanese control of their country.

• Koreans were happy that Japan ruled Korea.

• The Japanese closed Korean schools.

• Korean students were forced to learn Japanese.

The setting of the novel (time) is

• in the 1940s

• in the 1950s

• in the 1930s

• in 1910

The setting of the novel (place) is

• Russia and Korea

• Manchuria and Japan

• Korea and Japan

• Korea and China

An autobiographical novel is one where

• it must include a person's whole life story from birth to death

• it is signed by the author and worth a lot of money

• the author does not write about his or her own life

• the author writes about his or her own life

How much did you already know about the historical background of this novel?

• I didn't know anything about it!

• I knew some of the information.

• I knew most of the information.

• I knew all of it - I am a history buff and an avid reader of war novels!

Why did so many countries fight over some control over Korea?

• Korea is a peninsula with many ports for trade

• Korea has the best sushi

• The mountains in Korea are so beautiful and famous for mountain climbers

• Korea's population was so small, and much of its land undeveloped.

After the war, Korea was divided along the

• Twentieth Parallel

• Thirty-Eighth Parallel

• Forty-Second Parallel

• Fiftieth Parallelogram

The Kawashimas are

• A Chinese family living in Korea

• A Korean Family living in Japan

• A Japanese family living in China

• A Japanese family living in Korea

The novel takes place during

• World War I

• World War II

• The Russo-Japanese War

• The Korean War