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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose letters tell of the horrors that Naomi's mother survived in Japan?
(a) Grandmother Kato's.
(b) Obasan's.
(c) Aunt Emily's.
(d) Grandmother Nakane's.

2. What does Naomi's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is an artist.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) Naomi does not have a husband.

3. How does Grandfather Nakane die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) From a stroke.
(c) From old age.
(d) From cancer.

4. Who says, "It was a terrible business, what we did to our Japanese"?
(a) Mr. Gower.
(b) Mrs. Barker.
(c) Mr. Barker.
(d) Mrs. Gower.

5. What does Stephen tell Naomi about where their father is staying in New Denver?
(a) That he is staying in a hotel.
(b) That he is staying in a hospital.
(c) That he is staying in a church.
(d) That he is staying in an elementary school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insect swarms the house that the Nakane family is relocated to?

2. What is the name of Naomi's mother's record that is accidentally destroyed?

3. Who sets Grandmother Nakane's pyre alight?

4. When Naomi returns to the coulee at the end of the novel, what does she think that the flowers smell like?

5. What instrument does Uncle bring for Stephen?

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