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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. In the public school where Sunny grew up, how many students were there in all the grades?
2. In "The First Property of Thirst," what opera does Rocky hear when he turns on the shortwave in the workshop?
3. What day of the week does Schiff call his parents?
4. What color does Cas always wear?
5. "In the Second Property of Thirst," how does Los Angeles compare in population to other United States cities?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Rocky disappointed when he visited Walden Pond?
2. When the internees arrive, what does Sunny want to say to Schiff, and why does she not say it?
3. How did Sunny try to reconstruct her mother?
4. How did Sunny, Tops, Cas, and Stryker create their own patterns of eating?
5. Why was there a clinic at Three Chairs?
6. What thoughts does Rocky have about him and Stryker and other fathers and sons?
7. How did Sunny translate her mother's recipe books and cooking notes?
8. 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?
9. What happens when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley go to Three Chairs to get permission to build an airstrip?
10. How is Rocky tracking the water table on his land?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Schiff enlists in the Army. Why does Schiff enlist?
Essay Topic 2
Rocky had a challenging relationship with his father. What does the relationship Rocky had with his father and that he had with Stryker reveal about father/son relationships and their challenges?
Essay Topic 3
Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Wiggins use artistic license to create the realistic background of Properties of Thirst?
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