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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. How much money does Shig give Twitchy to buy candy for the kids?

2. What type of grades does Minnow get in school?

3. How long has Minnow's mother been in America?

4. How many days are the Itos given to pack?

5. Who rescues Aiko when she falls in the crowd running from the military police?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frankie think about the new all-Japanese combat unit?

2. Where are the Haranos and other No-Nos going, and how do they prepare to leave?

3. In Chapter I, why is Minnow late getting home?

4. What is life like at Topaz once the No-Nos leave?

5. Where do Shig and his friends go to skip school in Chapter II?

6. In Chapter V, why do men from the army come to Topaz?

7. Who is Stan writing in Chapter VI and why?

8. What does Bette tell Yuki about how she is doing in a postcard postmarked October 15, 1943?

9. What is gaman, and what does Shig learn about gaman?

10. What is the horse stable like that Yum-yum, her mother, and brother live in at Tanforan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary fights with her father and lashes out at family members. Why does Mary fight with her father and lash out at family members? Why does she feel trapped? How does feeling trapped affect her relationship with her family?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

The author shifts the point of view from third-person to fourth-person in Chapter XII. How does the author use the fourth-person point of view in Chapter XII? How does switching the point of view help readers feel as though they are participating in Keiko’s last hours with Twitchy?

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