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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuki wish her mother did with the treats?

2. What sport does Ken like to play?

3. Who does Yuki have to give Pepper to?

4. What city does Mimi Nelson live in?

5. What is the name of family 13452?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Sakane family do while waiting for Mr. Sakane to arrive home?

2. What new role does Ken assume in chapter four?

3. Describe Yuki's brother Ken.

4. What does the FBI officer tell people who phone the Sakane house?

5. Why is Yuki angry with her mother in the second chapter?

6. How do Yuki's friends react to her when she returns to school?

7. Why is Ken depressed in chapter eight?

8. Why do the Japanese have to sell their belongings so cheaply?

9. How does the Sakanes' non-Japanese neighbour help the family in chapter five?

10. What does Mr. Sakane tell his family about his situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the internees feel about the American government? How did the American try to fix the relationship between themselves and the American Japanese after the war?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Uchida ends the novel like she does? How else do you think she could have ended the novel? What meaning would that new ending have given the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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