people
Was a mean menacing Japanese Imperial police
Who is Captain Narita
City in Pyongyang where Sookan's family lives
What is Kirimni
Main struggle through the beginning of the book
What is ruled by Japan
she was always there for the children except when she was taken away
Who is mother
a tool used to write and paint
What is an oxtail brush
The first Russian the family met and told them it was okay
Who is Ivan Malenkiv
Temple where the people where supposed to worship at
What is the Shinto Temple
Sookan had to attend by force and could not speak Korean
What is Japanese school
got her name from the stories she told and was a very talkative person
Who is Aunt Tiger
a Korean dress worn by women
What is a Hanbok
Russian comrade who was the leader of the town reds
Who is Comrade Natasha
School kids in Kirimni had to go to after the Russian's took over
What is The Little Proletariat school
Main struggle at the end of the book
What is being taken over by Russia
Mechanic who worked on the sock factory and helped the family escape
Who is Kisa
Tea that families had to drink while the Japanese occupied the land
What is Barley tea
Russian guard who befriended the children at the guardhouse
Who is Dobraski
place where the kids met Dobraski and ate bread
What is the guardhouse
Sookan had to attend to help the Russians
What is the Little Proletariat
Calm sensitive man who meditated and wrote in his native language, but soon died of illness
Who is grandfather
Food many Koreans ate until the Japanese took over
What is rice
nice Russian officer who told Sookan to go home
Who is Comrade Major
place where barbed wire separated north from south Korea
What is the 38th parallel
The very end when they had a guide who was a spy and the children had to make it on there own
What is making it to the south
Drove a truck to help people escape but couldn't make it to help his family
Who is father
doors Korean used as curtans
What are rice paneled doors