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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 Ken sign up for?

2. Why does Ken say he cannot go to university?

3. Which of her father's flowers does Yuki sit among as she waits for her father to return?

4. What does the postcard say Mr. Sakane needs?

5. What kind of mood does Ken arrive in to the party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Sakanes' friends react to Mr. Sakane's arrest?

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

4. Why is Ken depressed in chapter eight?

5. Describe the camp at Tanforan.

6. Summarize chapter five.

7. What news is the catalyst for destroying the Sakane family's life?

8. How do Yuki's friends react to her when she returns to school?

9. How do the Sakanes meet the Kurihara family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Compare Japanese and American culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Uchida ends the novel like she does? How else do you think she could have ended the novel? What meaning would that new ending have given the novel?

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