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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 thirteen?

2. Where is it prohibited for the internees to move to?

3. What special day does Mr. Sakane arrive in Topaz?

4. What does Yuki bring as a gift for Emi?

5. What form of transport do the authorities use to move the internees?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Ken fall into depression in chapter ten?

6. What did Mr. Sakane experience in Montana?

7. How does Mr. Kurihara pass his time at the camp?

8. What does Yuki think of the camp at Topaz?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Uchida ends the novel like she does? How else do you think she could have ended the novel? What meaning would that new ending have given the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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