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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Sunny and Vasco bring for the internees when they arrive?
2. What color cape is Sunny wearing when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley drive up to Three Chairs?
3. What Native Americans told Sunny about her mother's interest in Native American Indian foods?
4. "In the Second Property of Thirst," how does Los Angeles compare in population to other United States cities?
5. How tall was Rocky's father Punch?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the twins go to Europe and what did they do there?
2. How did Sunny translate her mother's recipe books and cooking notes?
3. On Rocky's first walk after his wife died, what did he find?
4. What happens when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley go to Three Chairs to get permission to build an airstrip?
5. What letter does Cas have from Stryker that came the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
6. Why was Rocky disappointed when he visited Walden Pond?
7. Why is Schiff in California?
8. Why are Rocky, Sunny, and Cas worried when they hear about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?
9. What is sense memory?
10. Why was there a clinic at Three Chairs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Properties of Thirst?
Essay Topic 2
Sunny and Stryker are twins. What type of relationship do they have? What role does Sunny have to play in their relationship and why?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Properties of Thirst? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? Does it help readers connect with and understand characters?
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