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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 is the name on the inside of the small suitcase Henry opens that has shaving supplies?

2. How old is Henry in Chapter 1?

3. How is the basement of the Panama Hotel lit in Chapter 14?

4. Where is Henry meeting Marty for lunch in Chapter 9?

5. What is the year at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Chaz Preston and Denny Brown?

2. Why does Marty come to see Henry in Chapter 18?

3. How wis Keiko's mother interested in art?

4. What commotion does Henry see at the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. How does Henry get permission to look through the belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel?

6. Why does Henry go to Bud's Jazz Records?

7. What does Keiko wear when she met Henry outside the Black Elks Club?

8. Why does Henry quit speaking to his parents when he was 12?

9. What are people burning in Chapter 16, and why are they burning these items?

10. What does Henry find in a large leather suitcase with a clear Lucite handle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Father-son relationships is a theme in the novel. How is the relationship that Henry has with his father different from the relationship that his son has with him? How does culture and what is going on in the world affect those relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Henry struggles with internal and external conflicts throughout the novel. What are some of the major conflicts Henry deals with and how do the conflicts help make him the man he becomes?

Essay Topic 3

Both Henry's father and Mr. Okabe make sacrifices for their children. What sacrifices do the two men make? Are those sacrifices based upon what is best for their children or upon what they see as being best for their children? How do the sacrifices they make affect their children?

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