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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 fourteen?

2. Which character does Mr. Kurihara search the desert for arrowheads with?

3. Which family is positioned near the Sakane family?

4. Why do people feel queasy at the camp?

5. What part of the body does tuberculosis affect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news does Yuki hear about Emi in chapter twelve?

2. How are the conditions at the camp continuing to improve in chapter fourteen?

3. How does Yuki hear the government are moving the internees to Utah?

4. Summarize chapter thirteen.

5. Summarize chapter ten.

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

7. What good news do the family receive in chapter 15?

8. Why does Ken decide to join the army in chapter sixteen?

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

10. Describe Yuki's hospital visit in chapter twelve.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Yuki's life.

1. Her father.

2. Her mother.

3. Ken.

4. Mrs. Jamison.

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

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?

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