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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. How much should Bobby Kaye and his group have paid for dinner at Lou's in "The Second property of Thirst"?

2. What color coat is Schiff wearing as the internees arrive?

3. How did Schiff's mother ruin food?

4. What color cape is Sunny wearing when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley drive up to Three Chairs?

5. What is Schiff served for a main course for his first meal at Lou's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Rocky tracking the water table on his land?

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

4. Within hours of arriving in Lone Pine, what progress does Lt. Jay Svevo make?

5. Why is Schiff in California?

6. What were the first things Sunny taught herself to cook?

7. What phrase did Sunny's mother believe about food, and who originated the catchphrase?

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

9. What has Schiff read about the Central Valley in California?

10. What does Lou's look like?

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

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the main setting in Properties of Thirst? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow Wiggins to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

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