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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. In her final letter to her sister, what interesting question does Aunt Emily ask?
(a) If her sister was alive.
(b) If her sister was pregnant.
(c) If her sister was ever coming home.
(d) If her sister loved her husband.

2. Who dies in Naomi's family, prompting her to visit her Obasan?
(a) Her Aunt.
(b) Her Father.
(c) Her Uncle.
(d) Her Mother.

3. What type of exercises does Father send to Stephen while he is away?
(a) Language exercises.
(b) Science exercises.
(c) Math exercises.
(d) Music exercises.

4. In the childhood story that Naomi is frequently told, from what piece of fruit does the little boy appear from?
(a) A pineapple.
(b) A banana.
(c) A peach.
(d) A cherry.

5. What part of a woman's dress is given to the mother on the train so that she can fashion a diaper for her baby?
(a) A pair of bloomers.
(b) A sweater.
(c) An underskirt.
(d) A pair of pantyhose.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a woman on the relocation train holding a baby; what is wrong with it?

2. What event were the Japanese-Canadians subjected to, an event that Naomi remembers frequently experienced?

3. As a child, how does Naomi remember the sounds of music that filled the house?

4. What origami animals does Naomi frequently fold?

5. What does Naomi help Nomura-obasan use while she is living with the Nakane family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Stephen and his classmates to alert the family that racism is spreading through the schools?

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

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

4. What is the condition of the internment camps, and why is Naomi's father sent there?

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

6. As a child, how does Naomi cope with the relocation and the internment of her family?

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

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

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

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

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