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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27, 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Grandmother Nakane's body processed after her death?
(a) It is buried in the ground.
(b) It is buried at sea.
(c) It is cremated.
(d) It is mummified.

2. In what year do Naomi and Stephen begin to attend an all-Japanese school?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1943.

3. What traumatic incident does Naomi remember witnessing with the animals that she was raising?
(a) A mother animal killing its baby.
(b) Her brother drowning one of her animals.
(c) A large hawk swooping down and stealing one of her animals.
(d) Her father killing one of her animals for dinner.

4. Which of the following is NOT a plight that the Nakane family suffer while living on the farm?
(a) Insect infestation.
(b) Long work hours.
(c) Torrential downpouring rain.
(d) No clean water.

5. What is the name of the internment camp that Grandmother Nakane is relocated to?
(a) New Ohio.
(b) New Denver.
(c) New Maryland.
(d) New Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Obasan say strengthens humans?

2. What instrument does Uncle bring for Stephen?

3. How many people does Aunt Emily know of that returned to Vancouver in the 1940s?

4. Which word is the best translation of the Japanese word "wagamama" used in the novel?

5. In the childhood story that Naomi is frequently told, from what piece of fruit does the little boy appear from?

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