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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 nationality is the man who helps Sammy when he is injured?

2. What is the name of the man who helps Sammy after he is injured?

3. How many votes does the union pass by?

4. Where does Katie put Lynn's altar?

5. How does Katie feel when she goes camping after Lynn gets sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Uncle Katsu gets the truck stuck on a cliff?

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

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

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

5. How does this book end?

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

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

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

9. What happens when Katie's mother calls from the hospital while Fumi and Katsu are watching Katie and Sammy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters are most affected by this?

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