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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 Ken decide to apply for in this chapter?

2. What form of communication does Mrs. Sakane receive from her husband?

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

4. What can the coupons be used to purchase?

5. Who does Yuki note is covered in dust?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize chapter thirteen.

3. Summarize chapter 11.

4. Summarize chapter sixteen.

5. Why is Yuki upset in chapter ten?

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

7. Summarize chapter ten.

8. Summarize chapter twelve.

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

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

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 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

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?

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