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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years are Naomi and her family in relocation?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Eleven years.
(d) Twenty-one years.

2. How does Naomi feel about her Aunt's revolutionary thinking?
(a) She is amused by it.
(b) She is inspired by it.
(c) She is uncomfortable with it.
(d) She is terrified of it.

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

4. What type of animal does Naomi remember raising as a child?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cows.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Chickens.

5. What ethnicity is the officer in Naomi's dream?
(a) Canadian.
(b) British.
(c) Australian.
(d) Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following objects does Naomi NOT find in one of Obasan's storage boxes?

2. How does Naomi feel about the racism she experienced as a child, now as an adult?

3. Which of the following characters does NOT return to the relocation camp after liberation?

4. What does Naomi's husband do for a living?

5. Which of the following best describes "Sick Bays"?

Short Essay Questions

1. After sorting through the boxes in Obasan's attic, what does Naomi dream about?

2. How did Naomi react to the date that she went on with her student's widowed father?

3. What is Naomi accused of when she is at the bathhouse, and how does she respond?

4. Who goes back to visit the relocation camps in 1962, and what do they see there?

5. What happened when Kenji convinced Naomi to go on his raft for an adventure with him?

6. What disturbing dreams does Naomi begin to have about her mother after she is released from the hospital?

7. What was interesting about the marriage between Naomi's parents?

8. What are the Nakane family allowed to take with them during their relocation from Slocan, and how do they pack their belongings?

9. What speech does Aunt Emily give to Naomi about racism, and what is Naomi's response?

10. What happens to Grandmother Nakane's body after the funeral?

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