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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 Katie think Lynn is doing with the boys she goes with while camping?

2. Why do Katie's parents decide to put Katie in school in first grade instead of Kindergarten?

3. What does Lynn misplace in the move?

4. What is the name of the girl who talks to Katie in the parking lot?

5. What does Katsu do when he loses the last chess match against Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the swamp near the plant that Mother works at get its name?

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

3. What is the job of the man that Katie sees in the parking lot of her mother's plant?

4. What does kira-kira mean, and why is it so important to Katie?

5. What is Katie's dream romance when she is at camp?

6. What happens to Lynn when Katie is 10-and-a-half-years old?

7. What does Uncle Katsu do to get the girls to stop crying during the drive?

8. What do Father and Uncle Katsu do the night before the big move to Georgia?

9. What is Katie's mother worried about when they prepare to move to Georgia, and what is Katie's father's response to this?

10. Why does Katie feel so out of place on her first day of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Cynthia Kadohata have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

What happens at the funeral, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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