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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 kind of fish does Yuki watch swimming around the yard pond?

2. What does Mrs. Sakane read everyday?

3. Who does Yuki say she wants to win the war?

4. How does Yuki say Mrs. Sakane always acts toward strangers?

5. Why do people wear bandannas around their mouths?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Japanese have to sell their belongings so cheaply?

2. What does Mr. Sakane tell his family about his situation?

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

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

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

6. Summarize chapter five.

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

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

9. Why do the internees at the camp wear bandannas?

10. Describe the camp at Tanforan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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