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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. How does Katie save Lynn's life the same night Lynn saved hers?

2. How many Japanese families dine with Katie's family on the first night they reach Georgia?

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

4. Where does Katie's uncle live?

5. What does Lynn say when Katie asks if she is a genius?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the swamp near the plant that Mother works at get its name?

4. What does Katie say she would change about the plant if she owned it, and why?

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

6. What kind of discrimination is found in the plant where Mother works?

7. What does Katie do that makes her parents angry with her, and how does she respond?

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

9. What happens to Lynn when Katie is 10-and-a-half-years old?

10. What is Katie's dream romance when she is at camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the funeral, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

How does the relationship between Lynn and Katie change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 3

Each of the Takeshima siblings had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of the siblings, and how does their individuality affect the course of the plot?

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