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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 is the title of chapter nine?

2. What does Mrs. Sakane serve to the two policeman and the FBI agent?

3. Who does Yuki have to give Pepper to?

4. Who can the Sakane family hear through the wall?

5. What does Mr. Sakane want to change into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Sakanes meet the Kurihara family?

2. Summarize chapter five.

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

4. Summarize chapter seven.

5. How does Yuki show her love for America in chapter seven?

6. How do the government prepare for the evacuation?

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

8. Why is Ken depressed in chapter eight?

9. How does Mrs. Sakane try to make the best of a bad situation in chapter six?

10. Summarize chapter eight.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The author wrote Journey to Topaz in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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