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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27, 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird do the children see when they climb the bluff in spring?
(a) A princebird.
(b) A queenbird.
(c) A jokerbird.
(d) A kingbird.

2. How does Naomi spend her time at Grandmother Nakane's funeral?
(a) Crying.
(b) Praying.
(c) Sulking.
(d) Drawing.

3. What does Obasan say strengthens humans?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Fire.
(c) Physical battles.
(d) Hard experiences.

4. What does the Nakane family eat to stay warm at night when they are living on the farm?
(a) Whole red onions.
(b) Black peppercorns.
(c) Cloves of garlic.
(d) Green jalapeno peppers.

5. What traumatic incident does Naomi remember witnessing with the animals that she was raising?
(a) Her brother drowning one of her animals.
(b) Her father killing one of her animals for dinner.
(c) A mother animal killing its baby.
(d) A large hawk swooping down and stealing one of her animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the internment camp that Grandmother Nakane is relocated to?

2. Where does Naomi remember seeing a man wink at her when she was a small child?

3. In what year do Naomi and Stephen begin to attend an all-Japanese school?

4. With whom is Naomi still in contact from her Slocan community?

5. Which of the following is NOT a plight that the Nakane family suffer while living on the farm?

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