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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. Where is Marty at the beginning of Chapter 34?

2. What type of chair does Samantha sit in at the Japanese teahouse in Chapter 23?

3. What type of meat are the wind-dried sausages made from that Henry's mother leaves for him in Chapter 43?

4. What type of lamp lights the Sheldon's room at the beginning of Chapter 40?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry's father tell Henry when he is dying?

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

3. What does Samantha plan to have for dinner at the end of Chapter 29?

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

5. What tradition does Henry cherish at the beginning of Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry has an ume tree in his back yard. What did the tree symbolize for Henry and for his father? How did each man's perspective on life affect how they viewed the tree and why they each kept such a tree?

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's father is pleased to think that the Japanese will be moved from the area. Why is Henry's father pleased to think the Japanese will be moved away? Why does he think that will be a benefit to him and to his fellow Chinese? What does he believe he will gain?

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