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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. Which character speaks the words, "She is here. She is not here. She is reaching out to me with a touch deceptive as down, with hands and fingers that wave like grass around my feet and her hair falls and falls and falls from her head like streamers of paper rain"?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Obasan.
(c) Father.
(d) Stephen.

2. Which of the following best describes the conditions of the internment camps?
(a) Little food, but much hygiene.
(b) Much food, and much hygiene.
(c) Little food, and little hygiene.
(d) Much food, but little hygiene.

3. Which recipe did Uncle spend years trying to perfect?
(a) His chocolate chip cookie recipe.
(b) HIs barbequed ribs recipe.
(c) His sticky rice recipe.
(d) His bread recipe.

4. Who from Slocan is actively trying to keep their community together?
(a) Nakayama-sensei.
(b) Obasan.
(c) Rough Lock Bill.
(d) Naomi.

5. Who does Naomi dream is attempting to communicate with her?
(a) Her Uncle.
(b) Her Grandfather.
(c) Her Mother.
(d) Her Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a woman on the relocation train holding a baby; what is wrong with it?

2. Which family member is released from internment and returns to the family hut?

3. In the childhood story that Naomi is frequently told, from what piece of fruit does the little boy appear from?

4. What traumatic incident does Naomi remember witnessing with the animals that she was raising?

5. Which child is identified as a "troublemaker" by Naomi?

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