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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 Mrs. Sakane make outside her apartment?

2. What is the only thing available when Yuki gets to the ice cream counter?

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

4. What does Yuki notice about the water if it is left in the desert?

5. What state is Topaz in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize chapter 11.

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

3. Summarize chapter twelve.

4. What are the rules of the camp?

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

6. Summarize chapter sixteen.

7. Describe the Sakanes' new accommodation.

8. Why have so many people fallen ill?

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

10. What does Yuka overhear the internees saying on their way to Utah?

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

Discuss the values of the 1940s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the novel express the changes America was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1940s America?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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