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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 a boy at school call Yuki?

2. What do the Sakanes eat with their hot chocolate?

3. Who else other than the Nelsons come to visit the Sakane family?

4. Who is Ken meeting in the waiting room?

5. What do the Sakanes' non Japanese friends express?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the government prepare for the evacuation?

2. What does Mrs. Sakane do with the food she receives from the Jamisons?

3. Why is Yuki angry with her mother in the second chapter?

4. What does Yuki state as her like and dislikes in the opening chapter?

5. How does the Sakanes' non-Japanese neighbour help the family in chapter five?

6. How does Mr. Sakane react when the police arrive to arrest him?

7. Why can Japanese people not go to university on the West Coast?

8. What do the Sakane family do while waiting for Mr. Sakane to arrive home?

9. Describe the Kurihara family.

10. What does the FBI officer tell people who phone the Sakane house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Yuki's time in the camp affected one of the following areas in her life.

1. Education.

2. Social life.

3. Family life.

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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