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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 Mr. Sankana say the weather was like in Montana?

2. What does each room have suspended from the ceiling?

3. What is blowing through the camp when Yuki returns to her room?

4. What is Ken position at the hospital?

5. What does Yuki give Mr. Kurahara as a parting gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize chapter sixteen.

2. Summarize chapter thirteen.

3. How does Ken's situation become better in chapter thirteen?

4. Summarize chapter 11.

5. Why does Ken decide not to accept a place at university?

6. How does the camp begin to get better in chapter thirteen?

7. What are the rules of the camp?

8. Why does Yuki have to spend time in an unfamiliar in chapter twelve?

9. Why is Yuki upset in chapter ten?

10. Why have so many people fallen ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against putting the Japanese into camps in the 1940s? What is Uchida's opinion how the Japanese and how does she express them? Do you agree or disagree with Uchida?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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