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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. What time would Schiff's family eat their evening meal?
(a) 6:30 p.m.
(b) 5 p.m. or sometimes earlier.
(c) 5:30 p.m.
(d) 6 p.m. or sometimes later.

2. Where did Cas say she found the box of Lou's recipes?
(a) Clinic.
(b) A box in a closet.
(c) Storage room.
(d) Potting shed.

3. What does Sunny say dill reminds her aunt of?
(a) Working in the garden.
(b) Scandinavia.
(c) Cucumber sandwiches.
(d) Garden parties.

4. How old was Sunny when Cas gave her her mother's recipes?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

5. How old were Sunny and Stryker when Rocky took them to the 1,000 timber acres on Lone Pine Lake?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land on the east side of Route 395 was deeded to a single, private owner?

2. How big is Lone Pine?

3. In "The First Property of Thirst," how many years has Rocky been taking the same morning walk?

4. What color does Cas always wear?

5. As Sunny prepares meat in "The First Property of Thirst," what ship does the radio confirm has gone down?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Schiff signs the requisitions for 200 people to start work on Manzanar, why is he worried about where to put them and how does Jay solve that problem?

2. What work has Schiff done as a civil servant?

3. How did Sunny, Tops, Cas, and Stryker create their own patterns of eating?

4. What letter does Cas have from Stryker that came the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

5. Why is Schiff in California?

6. On Rocky's first walk after his wife died, what did he find?

7. When the internees arrive, what does Sunny want to say to Schiff, and why does she not say it?

8. How did Sunny translate her mother's recipe books and cooking notes?

9. What does Schiff tell Sunny about his mother's cooking?

10. Why was there a clinic at Three Chairs?

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