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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 does Henry use to cover Samantha in Chapter 34?

2. What is Samantha going to make for dinner at the end of Chapter 30?

3. In Chapter 24, what magazine does Mrs. Beatty often have after lunch?

4. Who runs the bakery in Henry's neighborhood in Chapter 34?

5. What year is it in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Beatty help Henry smuggle in the gifts for Keiko?

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

3. Where did Henry's father get his education?

4. How does Marty know that the sketchbooks they find in Chapter 28 belong to Henry's friend?

5. How many times has Henry heard Oscar Holden play?

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

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

8. How are restrictions lifted in the camp for the Japanese in Chapter 44?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry and Keiko experience racism. What instances of racism are there in the novel? How does that treatment affect the them, their families, and people they know?

Essay Topic 2

Henry enjoys jazz music. How does Henry begin listening to jazz music? What does Henry enjoy about jazz music, and how is that music a comfort to him his entire life?

Essay Topic 3

Henry searches the belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel. What Is Henry searching for? How does he hope that sorting through the belongings will help him with the emptiness he has felt since his wife died?

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