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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in Naomi's family are ever returned their land by the government?

2. Where will Naomi's family be relocated to after they leave Slocan?

3. What part of the swamp animal's body is broken when Naomi takes it home?

4. What does the Nakane family eat to stay warm at night when they are living on the farm?

5. Who tells the children that Grandfather Nakane has died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors act as very strong symbols throughout the novel, appearing both in Naomi's dreams and in her realities. Choose one color and generate a list of three times that this color was used throughout the novel. What do you think this color symbolizes in Natalie's story?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Kogawa uses many different forms of figurative language including personification, simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia. Describe the ways that Kogawa uses figurative language to propel the momentum of the storyline, and explain the ways that these tools of language affect the reader's relationship with the text.

Essay Topic 3

Kogawa chooses to write this novel in a very unconventional way. Explain the structure of the novel and discuss whether or not this use of structure was effective in telling Naomi's story. Why or why not?

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