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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rough Lock verbally notice about Naomi?
(a) That she is very smart.
(b) That she is very quiet.
(c) That she is very young.
(d) That she is very sweet.

2. Who tells the children that their father has died?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Obasan.
(c) Rough Lock Bill.
(d) Nakayama-sensei

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

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

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

6. What is Naomi concerned might have happened to her mother when she returned to Japan?
(a) She is concerned that her mother became wealthy.
(b) She is concerned that her mother starved.
(c) She is concerned that her mother was kidnapped.
(d) She is concerned that her mother drown.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following is NOT a plight that the Nakane family suffer while living on the farm?
(a) Insect infestation.
(b) Long work hours.
(c) No clean water.
(d) Torrential downpouring rain.

11. Which of the following does Obasan say is strengthened by fire?
(a) Ninji nunchucks.
(b) Samurai swords.
(c) Soldier rifles.
(d) Blacksmith tools.

12. How is Naomi's recovery room described?
(a) As being the first room that was ever Naomi's alone.
(b) As being packed with beds.
(c) As looking exactly like her bedroom back home.
(d) As being shared by an old woman.

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

14. Who tells the children that Grandfather Nakane has died?
(a) Obasan.
(b) Father.
(c) Aunt Emily.
(d) Uncle.

15. When Naomi awakens after her near death experience, where is she?
(a) At the riverbed.
(b) At Rough Lock's home.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do the Nakane family pack their belongings when they are relocated from Slocan?

2. Who attempts to comb the tangles out of Naomi's hair while she is recovering?

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

4. What is the name of Mr. Barker's daughter?

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

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