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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 what district was the town Gex where Lou grew up?

2. What game do the Janets like to play in their free time?

3. What is George Klonis's ethnicity?

4. What did Schiff's mother bring to the U.S. sewn in her dress when she arrived?

5. At least every other day, how long does Cas practice the harp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sunny send Schiff when he is in Honolulu?

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

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

7. What two things does Dr. Arakawa want from Schiff?

8. Who is Sunny's fiance, and why has he left the Valley?

9. What did Schiff's parents bring with them when they immigrated to the United States?

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Properties of Thirst? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? Does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Sunny's aunt is Caswell Rhodes, known as Cas. What did Cas give up to help her brother with his children? How does Wiggins reveal the type of person she is and her role in Properties of Thirst?

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