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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 does Cas drink all day long?

2. How old were the twins when Cas persuaded Rocky they should go to Europe?

3. What does Rocky always have on his toast?

4. How old was Sunny when Cas gave her her mother's recipes?

5. How does Sunny keep herself busy after the news of the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

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. What is sense memory?

4. Why are Rocky, Sunny, and Cas worried when they hear about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

5. What does Lou's look like?

6. What would have been Schiff's dream job?

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

8. How did Sunny try to reconstruct her mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wiggins had a stroke during the writing of Properties of Thirst. What challenges did Wiggins have to overcome in order to finish the book? How was she able to overcome those challenges?

Essay Topic 2

L.A. took the water from the Owens Valley. Why was Rocky not able to stop L.A. from taking the water?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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