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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. Which of the following best describes "Sick Bays"?
(a) Hospital wards.
(b) Vacation beaches.
(c) Holding areas.
(d) Language classrooms.

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

3. Who does Naomi remember staring at her while she begged for help after witnessing the traumatic event with her animals?
(a) Rough Bill Locke.
(b) Mrs. Sugimoto.
(c) Mr. Gower.
(d) Dr. Kato.

4. What insect swarms the house that the Nakane family is relocated to?
(a) Praying Mantises.
(b) Horse flies.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Butterflies.

5. What article of Stephen's clothing is damaged by a racist classmate?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His pants.
(d) His glasses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the traumatic event with the animals, what does Naomi remember entering her yard, preventing her from discussing the events with anyone?

3. What did Aunt Emily want to do for a living, but was never able to find work?

4. What is the name of Naomi's older brother?

5. In the childhood story that Naomi was frequently told, what is the name of the little boy who appears to Grandmother and Grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sigmund and how does he treat Naomi?

2. After Germany surrenders in the war, what changes about life in Slocan?

3. What improvements does Uncle make during the time that he spends in Slocan?

4. Why do Mr. Barker and his second wife come to visit Obasan in her home?

5. While Naomi is recovering in the hospital, what does she remember about the schoolboys that had a penchant for making things suffer?

6. Why does Obasan awaken Naomi in the middle of the night and take her into the attic?

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

8. What evidence does Naomi find as an adult as to the welfare of her mother and grandmother after the war's end?

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

10. What does Aunt Emily say happened to most of the Japanese people who were liberated from internment in the 1940s?

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