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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 does Katie steal from the hatchery?

2. How long does the helpful man stay with the family at the hospital?

3. What does Katie sleep on when Lynn gets back from the hospital?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What color is the house Lynn picks out, and why does she choose this house?

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

9. How does this book end?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silly was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how does the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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