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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 Fifth Property of Thirst," how many pregnant women at Manzanar are about to go into labor?

2. How much does the bell weigh at Three Chairs?

3. What animal bit Snow and required him to be treated by Lou?

4. How many acres does Rocky own?

5. What does Schiff help Cas fix to eat after Sunny is found injured on her horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sunny ask herself about those days in Paris later when she returned home and how did she try to figure out what she had thought then?

2. What are Sunny's quarters like in the second-floor space she has above Lou's?

3. What information has Rocky been able to learn about Stryker's wife?

4. What does Schiff learn about Suzy and Stryker from the Commander and his wife?

5. Who comes to treat Sunny in "The Fifth Property of Thirst"?

6. Who is Georgina Takei, and why is she at Manzanar?

7. How is Passover celebrated at Manzanar?

8. What did Sunny learn about her mother when she and Cas went to Paris?

9. What did Hace tell Sunny when she went to see him?

10. What is the barracks like that Schiff lives in at the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Sunny and Stryker are twins. What type of relationship do they have? What role does Sunny have to play in their relationship and why?

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