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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. By what name was James Morris later called?

2. What is the name of the Austrian national anthem?

3. Why didn't the critics like netsuke?

4. What was the name of the theater in Tokyo where American soldiers could watch films?

5. Who dies on October 12, 1938?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the children's relationship with the netsuke?

2. How is it suggested that the American took advantage of the Japanese during their occupation of the country?

3. Describe Hendrik de Waal.

4. In what way were conditions worsening at the end of Chapter 23?

5. What signs are there in Chapter 24 that the Nazis are taking over?

6. How does the author describe Emmy and Viktor's three children?

7. Why did Iggy like Japan?

8. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

9. Describe the family apartment when Elisabeth visits after the second world war.

10. Why does the author think the Japanese are so good with their hands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the city's de Waal's family lived in and examine how anger towards the Jewish population developed. Why were the originally accepted into the city? Why were the eventually ran out of the city?

Essay Topic 3

How different is the Jewish outlet on life from the Christian's outlook on life? What are the main conflicts between the two cultures?

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