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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. Who runs the restaurant Schiff likes to frequent in "The Seventh Property of Thirst"?

2. What camp are Kai and Oki in?

3. Where did Sunny find smoked oysters at the IGA once?

4. How many women does Sunny think could alternate cooking in a barrack day by day?

5. Where did McCloud live when he was off duty from the water patrol?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Gunderson's bring Sunny to Three Chairs?

3. How does Snow shoot Rhodes in "The Eight Property of Thirst"?

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

5. Who met Cas and Sunny when their train arrived in New York?

6. How does Cas spend her days?

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

8. How did Sunny and Cas travel to New York?

9. How is Passover celebrated at Manzanar?

10. What do Schiff and Sunny decide to do before he leaves for the Army?

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

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

In Properties of Thirst, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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