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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 can the internees not do regularly?

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

3. How do the authorities eliminate most of the dust?

4. What is the title of chapter eleven?

5. What does Yuki envision when she hears the name Topaz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Yuki upset in chapter ten?

2. Describe the Sakanes' new accommodation.

3. Summarize chapter thirteen.

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

5. How does life at the camp start to become better for the Sakane family?

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

7. What are the rules of the camp?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

1. War.

2. Internment camps.

3. Mistrust of other cultures.

Essay Topic 3

How do the internees feel about the American government? How did the American try to fix the relationship between themselves and the American Japanese after the war?

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