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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 much plum wine is left in Chapter 34?

2. What color is the button that Henry's father gives him in Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 36, how many weeks of school does Henry have left?

4. What color is worn to Chinese funerals in Chapter 43?

5. What is Sheldon's room number at the nursing home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Henry's parents say when he brings them Public Proclamation 1?

2. Why doesn't Henry spend the money he makes helping Mrs. Beatty at Camp Harmony?

3. When Henry takes Marty and Samantha to the basement of the Panama Hotel, how does Henry describe the place?

4. What does Henry expect to find in the kitchen in Chapter 34, and what does he find?

5. Why does Henry agree to go to China in Chapter 45?

6. What is waiting for Henry when he returns from Idaho in Chapter 43?

7. What happens when Chaz threatens Henry at lunch in Chapter 30?

8. What does Henry's father give him in Chapter 30, and what does Henry do with it?

9. Why does Keiko's father volunteer to go ahead to Camp Minidoka in Idaho?

10. How does Chaz look when Henry saw him in Chapter 45?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A work assignment in the school cafeteria leads to a relationship between Henry and Keiko. What commonalities help a friendship grow between the two? Why is their relationship able to survive through separation, marriages, and time?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Henry tries to help the Okabes when they are ordered to evacuate. In what ways does Henry attempt to help the Okabes? Is he able to help them in any way? How do his efforts give the family hope?

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