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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 wedding anniversary does a photo depict that Henry keeps on a coffee table in Chapter 8?

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

3. What year does Henry visit the Panama Hotel for the first time?

4. What wakes Henry at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. What is the number of the Executive Order Roosevelt signed to create the War Relocation Authority?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henry drop out of college when he's younger, and what does he do after dropping out?

2. Why is Marty worried about introducing Samantha to his father?

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

4. What is Henry's son's, Marty, major in college, and how is he doing at college?

5. What does Henry decide when he wonders if Ethel would approve of his digging into the past?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Henry take to Ethel's gravesite in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marty makes assumptions about his father. What assumptions does Marty make about Henry? How are his assumptions proved to be wrong? How does realizing that he has been wrong about his father affect the relationship Marty has with Henry?

Essay Topic 2

Henry makes a comment that we was always able to find the sweet among the bitter. In what ways is Henry able to find the sweet in life even when things are bad? How does that attitude affect his life and how he survives the experiences he has in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Marty is engaged to be married. How is his relationship with Samantha similar and dissimilar to his father's relationship with Ethel? Why is Marty free to marry outside his race and Henry was not?

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