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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 fifteen?

2. Which family is positioned near the Sakane family?

3. Why do some of the Japanese internees enlist in the army?

4. Who does Yuki try to visit on Christmas day?

5. What does Yuki have to do by herself while Emi is sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Kurihara die in chapter fourteen?

2. Describe the Sakanes' new accommodation.

3. Summarize chapter thirteen.

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

5. Summarize chapter 11.

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

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

8. Summarize chapter twelve.

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

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 elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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