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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 form of communication does Mrs. Sakane receive from her husband?

2. Why does Ken decide not to attend college?

3. Why can Yuki not see Emi?

4. Where is Mr. Kurihara buried?

5. What does Yuki think of the desertland?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Yuki hear the government are moving the internees to Utah?

3. What bad news does Yuki hear about Emi in chapter twelve?

4. What are the rules of the camp?

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

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

7. Why is Yuki upset in chapter ten?

8. Summarize chapter thirteen.

9. Summarize chapter ten.

10. What good news do the family receive in chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are the arguments for and against putting the Japanese into camps in the 1940s? What is Uchida's opinion how the Japanese and how does she express them? Do you agree or disagree with Uchida?

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