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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Obasan give to the woman with the baby on the train?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Milk.
(d) Diapers.

3. Which character calls Naomi's mother "Nassan"?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Grandpa Kato.
(c) Obasan.
(d) Aunt Emily.

4. When Stephen wins a music award, through which continent does he travel on a tour?
(a) Through America.
(b) Through Africa.
(c) Through Europe.
(d) Through Asia.

5. Which word is the best translation of the Japanese word "wagamama" used in the novel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading the letters from her mother, whose jacket does Naomi wear when she leaves the house, emotional?

2. What is the name of the boy that Naomi remembers playing hide-and-seek with as a child?

3. In Naomi's dream, who is with her on the mountain?

4. What does Obasan say strengthens humans?

5. 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"?

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