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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 Lynn do with the milk and water that Katie brings her one night?
(a) Throws them at Katie.
(b) Spills them on her bed accidentally.
(c) Breaks the glasses with her hands.
(d) Spills them on the floor on purpose.

2. What has Lynn stopped doing since she got sick?
(a) Talking about her future.
(b) Whispering kira-kira.
(c) Writing in her journal.
(d) Playing chess.

3. Who is called when the power goes out at the hatchery?
(a) Katie's father.
(b) Mr. Lyndon.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The power company.

4. What does Katie sleep on when Lynn gets back from the hospital?
(a) Lynn's bed.
(b) The floor.
(c) A cot.
(d) The couch.

5. What does Katie dig through for relics of Lynn?
(a) The garage.
(b) The trash can.
(c) The yard.
(d) The car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is spent on food for the picnic?

2. What do Katie's parents talk about at night after the picnic?

3. What do Lynn and Katie once throw from the roof of their house?

4. What does Katie's mother feed Lynn every day when she gets out of the hospital?

5. What kind of tree is outside the new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

2. What does Katie realize that means, to her, she is now a big girl?

3. What happens when Katie's mother calls from the hospital while Fumi and Katsu are watching Katie and Sammy?

4. How much money are Katie and Lynn able to save for their house, and what does their mother do when they show her?

5. What does Katie do for her mother just after Lynn dies?

6. What happens at the funeral that makes Katie fearful?

7. How does this book end?

8. Why does Katie not sleep well, and what does she do to help this?

9. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

10. What does Katie do before they take Lynn's body away?

(see the answer keys)

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