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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 Anna get to drink on the morning of her seventh birthday?

2. Colonel _________ tells the people at the camp that so long as they obey the rules, they will be fine.

3. _________ troops are ordered to leave Shanghai in November of 1941, according to the story.

4. Where is Joseph taken after is is accused of witnessing the prisoner ask to have a letter smuggled out?

5. What is the birthday gift that Anna receives when she turns seven-years-old, just as she had wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two men that are put in charge of two different groups of internees at the camp?

2. What is the only thing that Joseph says about his time being kidnapped?

3. What happens after two Japanese are killed at the Hungjao airfield, according to the book?

4. Why does Gran tell Anna that things will get better, after Anna and her mother have moved to California?

5. What does Joseph explain to his daughter, Anna, in a letter that is attached to a box of his belongings?

6. What does Joseph say when Genevieve tells him that she has purchased tickets for the family to return to the United States?

7. What is the new business that Joseph becomes involved in once the Japanese have taken over?

8. What does the United States government tell Americans in Shanghai to do when things become more violent?

9. What does Genevieve do on Anna's seventh birthday, as described in this section of the book?

10. How did Anna's parents meet before deciding to get married and have a child together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anna thinks that Joseph hasn't come home because of something that she did, and she tells her mother this is the way she feels.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna believes she did something wrong?

Part 2: How can a child begin to understand the complexities of war?

Part 3: What might you have said to Anna to help her better understand the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Genevieve has always thought of Shanghai as a temporary home, so she is ready to move back to the United States when the time comes.

Part 1: Do you think Genevieve should have thought of Shanghai as a temporary home?

Part 2: Do you think Joseph believes Shanghai to be a temporary home?

Part 3: Why do you think Genevieve believed Shanghai to be a temporary home?

Essay Topic 3

Joseph doesn't get a job as Genevieve suggests, which upsets her as they begin their new life in California.

Part 1: Why doesn't Joseph get a job as he is asked to do by his wife?

Part 2: How might you have responded if your spouse didn't get a job as you expected them to?

Part 3: Do you think Joseph should have gotten a job?

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