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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 feel about school?

2. What does the little girl in the parking lot of the plant do in the plant?

3. What is the name of Lynn's best friend?

4. Where does Lynn stay for the first week of summer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when a dog attacks Katie and Lynn when they are young?

3. What do Katie and Lynn do while waiting in the car in St. Louis?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Silly say that makes Katie feel guilty?

9. What does Lynn tell Katie when she wakes up after the rabbit hunt, and how does Katie feel about this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivations throughout the book, and explain how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot, and why?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Cynthia Kadohata have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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