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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people in Naomi's family are ever returned their land by the government?
(a) Only Naomi's grandparents are returned their land.
(b) Only Naomi's father is returned his land.
(c) Only Naomi's Obasan is returned her land.
(d) None of Naomi's family is returned their land.

2. What does Rough Lock say about skin color?
(a) That it is an overrated way of defining people.
(b) That everyone who sees the difference in skin color is racist.
(c) That it is the only way to tell who is good and who is evil.
(d) That he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.

3. How is Grandmother Nakane's body processed after her death?
(a) It is mummified.
(b) It is buried in the ground.
(c) It is buried at sea.
(d) It is cremated.

4. 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) Stephen.
(b) Father.
(c) Obasan.
(d) Naomi.

5. What does Rough Lock save Naomi from?
(a) Choking.
(b) Falling into a ditch.
(c) Poison.
(d) Drowning.

6. What religious ceremony is conducted during the family's goodbye party?
(a) Communion.
(b) Profession of faith.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A baptism.

7. What is the name of Naomi's mother's record that is accidentally destroyed?
(a) "Silver Love Amongst the Hate."
(b) "Silver Angels Among the Demons."
(c) "Silver Clouds Among the Rain."
(d) "Silver Threads Among the Gold."

8. What animal does Naomi witness having its throat slashed by a group of schoolboys?
(a) A horse.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A goat.
(d) A cow.

9. Where will Naomi's family be relocated to after they leave Slocan?
(a) To Granton.
(b) To Vancouver.
(c) To New Denver.
(d) To Alberta.

10. What does Stephen accidentally break during his family's goodbye party?
(a) His father's flute.
(b) His mother's record.
(c) His sister's doll.
(d) The hut's front window.

11. What instrument does Stephen begin to play when he hears that the war is over?
(a) The flute.
(b) The tambourine.
(c) The piano.
(d) The drums.

12. How does Stephen spend his time at Grandmother Nakane's funeral?
(a) Crying.
(b) Sulking.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Praying.

13. On the day that the family makes their move from Slocan, which family member disappears in the night?
(a) Obasan.
(b) Father.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Uncle.

14. What instrument does Uncle bring for Stephen?
(a) Flutes.
(b) Kazoos.
(c) Keyboards.
(d) Tamborines.

15. What is the name of the man who owns the farm that the Nakane family is relocated to?
(a) Mr. Gower.
(b) Mr. Barker.
(c) Mr. Nakane.
(d) Mr. Billington.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Indian in Rough Lock's story resettles his people, what does he name the town?

2. Which of the following does Obasan say is strengthened by fire?

3. What is the name of the bluff that Naomi and her school friends climb?

4. How many people does Aunt Emily know of that returned to Vancouver in the 1940s?

5. Which of the following is the family NOT allowed to bring with them when they move from Slocan?

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