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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 battalion is Frankie in in Chapter XIII?

2. What do Twitchy and Keiko share as they watch Shig pack?

3. How many people are expected at Tule Lake?

4. In Luciana, where is Bill injured?

5. When is Tule Lake put under martial law?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Keiko keep going to the post office for mail?

5. What is Mary's family's apartment like?

6. How poor has Kiyoshi's family been?

7. How and where does Twitchy die?

8. How and where does Bill die?

9. In Chapter XII, how do Twitchy and Keiko spend their last hours together?

10. What is Tule Lake like?

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

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 3

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?

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