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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 old are Frannie and Fumi in Chapter XV?

2. Where is Leonard Thomas from?

3. When is Tule Lake put under martial law?

4. What does Aiko fold in Tule Lake after Twitchy's death?

5. What does Keiko eat for breakfast on the day that Twitchy leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and where does Twitchy die?

2. What does Frankie find in Twitchy's pockets?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Frankie bring Twitchy in Vada, and where does he get it from?

8. What does Mas hear convinced the army to open the draft to the Nisei?

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

10. How does Twitchy go on and appear like he has no fear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 the book? Where does the author change the point of view? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Hiromi considers herself to be an optimist. Why does Hiromi consider herself to be an optimist? How does optimism help Hiromi deal with life at Topaz?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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