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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. Where does the recruiter say the internees will have to serve if they enlist?

2. How do the authorities eliminate most of the dust?

3. What does Mrs. Sakane insist Yuki does?

4. What does Mr. Kurihara have a collection of?

5. Who is the first person Toda tells about Mr. Kurihara's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the conditions at the camp continuing to improve in chapter fourteen?

2. What does Yuki think of the camp at Topaz?

3. How does Ken's situation become better in chapter thirteen?

4. Why does Ken decide not to accept a place at university?

5. How does Mr. Kurihara die in chapter fourteen?

6. Why does Ken fall into depression in chapter ten?

7. Summarize chapter 11.

8. Summarize chapter twelve.

9. Why does Yuki have to spend time in an unfamiliar in chapter twelve?

10. What did Mr. Sakane experience in Montana?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Yuki's life.

1. Her father.

2. Her mother.

3. Ken.

4. Mrs. Jamison.

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote Journey to Topaz in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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