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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 Native Americans told Sunny about her mother's interest in Native American Indian foods?

2. In August Escoffier's cookbook, what color ink did Lou use to underline some of the words?

3. How far is Manzanar from Lone Pine?

4. To spatchcock chicken, how many incisions did Lou believe it took?

5. What was Sunny's mother's given name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sunny do after learning about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

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

3. 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?

4. What thoughts does Rocky have about him and Stryker and other fathers and sons?

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

6. Why was Rocky disappointed when he visited Walden Pond?

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

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

9. Why is Schiff in California?

10. How did Sunny try to reconstruct her mother?

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

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

Snow is a character in the background until "The Eighth Property of Thirst." Then Wiggins reveals his background and who he is. How and why Snow does change from a flat to a round character in “The Eighth Property of Thirst”? Why is it important to know more about him and who he is?

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