11. What is “the liberation” referring to in this excerpt from the story "Cranes"?

They reached the hill pass, the hill where he and Tok-Chae used to cut fodder for the cows until Song-Sam had to move near Chomtae south of the thirty-eighth parallel, two years before the liberations.
the term referencing the very first meeting of the Korean Liberation Party
the overthrow of supreme ruler Honorable Ricky Ticky Tabby the Ninth
the Japanese surrender which ended World War II and Japan’s control of Korea
the opening of the Korean National Air Base after the flight of the order of the phoenix

the Japanese surrender which ended World War II and Japan’s control of Korea

12. What is the Thirty-eighth parallel?

the period during which Japan was controlled by Russia
the latitudinal border dividing North and South Korea
the military operation that ended the Vietnam War
the latitude coordinate of Australia’s hottest city

the latitudinal border dividing North and South Korea

In the excerpt from the story "Cranes," "the liberation" is referring to the Japanese surrender which ended World War II and Japan's control of Korea.