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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 Yuki wish her mother did with the treats?

2. Who comes to visit the Sakane family?

3. What have the horse troughs been converted into?

4. Why do people wear bandannas around their mouths?

5. In what does Ken invest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the government prepare for the evacuation?

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

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

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

5. Why is Ken depressed in chapter eight?

6. Describe the Sakanes' new living space.

7. How do the Sakane family prepare for the evacuation?

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

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

10. Describe Yuki's brother Ken.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What problems do Yuki's generation face? How are the problems for Yuki's generation different to the problems her parents generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about 1940s American society.

1. War.

2. Internment camps.

3. Mistrust of other cultures.

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