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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 many yards do Twitchy and his company gain when Bill is killed?

2. Where is Twitchy on June 2, 1944?

3. Who collapses in the middle of the Topaz high school newspaper office when he learns Twitchy is dead?

4. In Bruyeres, what hill do the German retake?

5. How old are Frannie and Fumi in Chapter XV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How poor has Kiyoshi's family been?

2. What does Tommy decide at the end of Chapter XV?

3. What happens when Mr. Morimoto is put in the bullpen?

4. How do Mary and her father get along in Chapter IX?

5. What does Mas remember about his father's funeral?

6. What does Tommy remember about singing to baby Fumi in 1939?

7. What does Mas say about a walk around town when he is at Camp Shelby in Mississippi?

8. How does Yuki take the news that Twitchy has died?

9. What type of man did Mas's father teach him to be?

10. What happens when Twitchy and Keiko crash a wedding the last night Twitchy is at Topaz before he returns to the army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yum-yum tries to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful sister. Why does Yum-yum have to struggle to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful sister? What release does she find from her life? What new identity does she find? How does that help ease her struggles?

Essay Topic 2

Stan wants to leave Topaz and go to college. Why do many colleges give Stan the run around when he wants to apply? What do their responses reveal about institutional racism?

Essay Topic 3

Kiyoshi is from a poor family and has been abused by his stepfather. How has Kiyoshi been abused by his stepfather? How has the abuse he has experienced affected his self-esteem?

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