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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the bluff that Naomi and her school friends climb?
(a) Pluto's bluff.
(b) Mickey's bluff.
(c) Daffy's bluff.
(d) Minnie's bluff.

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

4. Where does Stephen attend college?
(a) In Vancouver.
(b) In Toronto.
(c) In Boston.
(d) In New York.

5. What does Stephen assume has happened to his mother in Japan?
(a) That she has forgotten about them.
(b) That she has become evil.
(c) That she has amnesia.
(d) That she has died.

6. What is the board game that Stephen played with while he was growing up?
(a) Yellow Peril.
(b) Red Peril.
(c) Green Peril.
(d) Blue Peril.

7. In what year do Naomi and Stephen begin to attend an all-Japanese school?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1953.

8. Which of the following does Naomi NOT view as a rule to proper Japanese living?
(a) Engaging in political conversation.
(b) Trying to disappear.
(c) Not staring.
(d) Behaving politely.

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

10. What type of Indian is the star in Rough Lock's story?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A chief.
(c) A squaw.
(d) A brave.

11. When the Indian in Rough Lock's story resettles his people, what does he name the town?
(a) New Denver.
(b) Running River.
(c) Slocan.
(d) Black Horse.

12. What does Obasan bring Naomi when she comes to visit as she is recovering?
(a) Clean clothes.
(b) Homework.
(c) A letter from her mother.
(d) A doll.

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

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

15. 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 Threads Among the Gold."
(d) "Silver Clouds Among the Rain."

Short Answer Questions

1. During which season does Uncle come to stay with the family in Slocan?

2. What is the name of the man who owns the farm that the Nakane family is relocated to?

3. How does Grandfather Nakane die?

4. With whom does Naomi travel into the woods on the day that they meet Rough Lock?

5. Who tells the children that Grandfather Nakane has died?

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