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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 Mother find when she returns home from work with Katie and Sammy?

2. What does Katsu teach Amber to do?

3. Why does Mother make Katie and Sammy sleep in the living room the night after they spend the day in the car?

4. What does the little girl in the parking lot of the plant do in the plant?

5. How much money does Katie's father give them every day to buy treats with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the girls misplace during the moving process?

2. What do Katie and Lynn do while waiting in the car in St. Louis?

3. What does Katie do that makes her parents angry with her, and how does she respond?

4. What does Lynn write about in her journal?

5. How do the nurses act when Mother has another baby?

6. What kind of discrimination is found in the plant where Mother works?

7. What is Father's job at the hatchery?

8. What happens when Katie goes hunting with Uncle Katsu?

9. What happens when a dog attacks Katie and Lynn when they are young?

10. What does Katie do with Sammy at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Father and Katsu were both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their characters, their families, and their roles in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Silly was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters are most affected by this?

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