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

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

3. What is the name of Henry's wife?

4. What does Marty drive in Chapter 10?

5. What city has the ume tree as its symbol?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henry feel a quiet relief that his wife is gone?

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

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

4. What are Executive Orders, and which Executive Orders does Henry's father discuss with him in Chapter 15?

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

6. What does Keiko look like?

7. Who else is buried in Lake View Cemetery, besides Henry's wife?

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

9. Why are Saturdays special to Henry in Chapter 7?

10. What is the Sea Fortune Restaurant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry learns to think for himself in 1942. How do the events that Henry experiences in 1942 help him to grow up and mature? How do those experiences affect him all his life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Henry is often caught between worlds. What different worlds is Henry caught between from the time he is a child until he is an adult? What different ways does he cope with those worlds and how do they affect the man, husband, and father that he becomes?

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