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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. What is left at the picnic site?

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

3. How long do Buddhists say it takes for the spirit to leave the earth after the body dies?

4. What does Lynn do with the milk and water that Katie brings her one night?

5. What does Silly do before she leaves Katie's house on her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Katie find out what is really wrong with Lynn?

4. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

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

6. How do Sammy and Lynn look as Hank drives them to the hospital?

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

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

9. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maturity and aging were strong themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how significant are they to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

There were many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how does their presence alter the course of the plot?

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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