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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who sets Grandmother Nakane's pyre alight?
2. What part of the swamp animal's body is broken when Naomi takes it home?
3. Besides moving back to Japan, what other option do families have in 1945?
4. What animal does Naomi witness having its throat slashed by a group of schoolboys?
5. When Naomi's family is relocated from Slocan, what type of farm do they live on?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Naomi has a very strained and complicated relationship with her Aunt Emily throughout the course of the novel. Compare / contrast the story of Emily's journey as it is presented in her journals with the story of Naomi that is presented to the reader. How are their journeys the same? How are they different? Explain why Naomi is much more like her Aunt Emily than she would like to admit. How does Emily's political struggle reflect Naomi's bi-cultural struggles?
Essay Topic 2
There are many epistolary, or written, elements to the novel. Create a list of three elements used throughout the novel as ways of recording history for the family, and describe the ways that these element affected Naomi's relationship with her family's truths.
Essay Topic 3
Naomi has a very strenuous relationship with her mother throughout the course of the novel. Create a timeline of Naomi's life in regards to her relationship with her mother. At what times did Naomi feel closest to her mother? At what times did she seem furthest away? What triggers were in place to prompt the changes that Naomi felt toward her mother?
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