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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. Who comes to watch Katie and Sammy while Lynn is at the hospital?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Mortori.
(b) Mrs. Kilgore.
(c) Fumi and Katsu.
(d) Mrs. Kanagawa.

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

3. What happens that makes Lynn's parents relax a little?
(a) They get raises.
(b) Lynn gets better.
(c) The war ends.
(d) Katie starts being nicer.

4. What is the name of the music group that Katie and Silly pretend to be in on Katie's birthday?
(a) The Shiromisas.
(b) The Shindigs.
(c) The Shimmerys.
(d) The Shirondas.

5. Who builds the box for Lynn's altar?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Katie.
(d) Katsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stays with Lynn in the bigger hospital most of the time?

2. What color does Lynn turn while Sammy is injured?

3. What game does Katie play while Lynn is in the hospital?

4. Where does Katie's family go on vacation at the end of the book?

5. What does Lynn's mother use to check for breath in Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aunt Fumi say when Katie asks why Katsu is not a land surveyor anymore?

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

3. How does this book end?

4. What does Katie hear the night after the picnic?

5. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

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

7. What does Hank do when they get to the hospital?

8. What does Katie steal from the hatchery, and what does she do with what she steals?

9. What do Katie and Sammy do at the hatchery?

10. What does Katie write in her essay about Lynn?

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