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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katie say she would change if she owned the plant her mother works at?
(a) Give them bathroom breaks.
(b) Play music for them.
(c) Let them have a union.
(d) Put in air conditioning.

2. Where does Lynn stay for the first week of summer?
(a) Amber's house.
(b) In the car at Mother's workplace.
(c) In bed.
(d) Mrs. Kanagawa's house.

3. How does Katie's family move at the beginning of the book?
(a) They fly themselves there and mail their belongings.
(b) They load up their car with all they can and leave the rest.
(c) With Uncle Katsu's truck.
(d) They take a train.

4. What part of the plant does Mother work in at the beginning of the summer?
(a) The clean section.
(b) The cold section.
(c) The dirty section.
(d) The hot section.

5. What is Brenda wearing when Katie sees her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(c) A white dress.
(d) A black robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Katie's imaginary boyfriend?

2. What does Katsu teach Amber to do?

3. What does Katie's mother say would happen if a union were formed at work?

4. What petty wish does Katie wish for one night?

5. What is Katsu's full name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman at the hotel say when Father tries to rent a room?

2. What does Katsu do in Nashville, and why?

3. What does Lynn write about in her journal?

4. What does kira-kira mean, and why is it so important to Katie?

5. What is Father's job at the hatchery?

6. What happens when Katsu teaches Amber to shoot a bow and arrow?

7. What is Katie's mother worried about when they prepare to move to Georgia, and what is Katie's father's response to this?

8. What does Katsu talk about while Lynn is off with Amber and some boys?

9. What is the job of the man that Katie sees in the parking lot of her mother's plant?

10. What does Lynn dream about while she is sick?

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