China Under Attack - Green Group

What event in 1937 marked the beginning of the second Chinese-Japanese War?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Japan attacked China

• The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan

• China gained a powerful ally in the United States

How did Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 affect China?

• It marked the end of the Chinese-Japanese War

• It led to Japan surrendering

• China gained a powerful ally—the United States

• It resulted in the bombing of Chongqing

What was the primary mode of transportation for the narrator's grandmother's family from Shanghai to Chongqing?

• By foot through the mountains

• Direct flight from Shanghai to Chongqing

• By boat on the Yangtze River

• By sea to Hong Kong, then by crowded diesel trucks

What did the narrator's grandmother and her family do when they heard an airplane?

• They would hide in the tunnels

• They would continue their journey without stopping

• They would jump out of the trucks and crawl through cornfields

• They would signal for help

What happened to the narrator's grandmother's mother?

• She moved to Hong Kong

• She was hired as a caretaker

• She joined the family in Chongqing later

• She contracted tuberculosis and died

What did the Mary yu Chang enjoy doing during the war?

• Traveling through the mountains

• Hiding from airplanes in cornfields

• Climbing peach trees to get fruit

• Collecting slugs in the rice paddies

What indicated that school was over during an air raid in Chongqing?

• The tunnels were opened for shelter

• One ball was placed on top of the pole on the mountain

• Two balls were placed on top of the pole on the mountain

• A siren went off without any balls on the mountain

How many times was Chongqing bombed during a five-year period according to the story?

• Less than 5,000 times

• The text does not specify

• Exactly 5,000 times

• More than 5,000 times

Where did Mary Yu Chang live before the Chinese-Japanese War?

• Shanghai

• Hong Kong

• North Vietnam

• Chongqing

How was Mary Yu Chang's family affected by the war?

• Some of her family members had to join the army and fight.

• Her family helped dig tunnels for soliders to hide in and fight from.

• Her family was one of the few families that did not have to move.

• Her famiy had to flee to Chongqing and live in scary conditions.