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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. Where is Twitchy on June 2, 1944?

2. How many men walked out of King Company out of 200?

3. When does Tommy remember singing a lullaby to get Fumi to sleep?

4. In March of 1944, where is Shig applying for resettlement?

5. What is the name of the brutal lieutenant at the stockade in Chapter X?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Twitchy feel when Ted Arakii dies?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened the night that Stan was arrested and taken to the stockade?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mas tries to be the man his father raised him to be. What type of man did Mas’s father raise him to be? Is Mas the type of man his father wanted him to be?

Essay Topic 2

Shig’s mother tells him that anger and fighting change nothing. What does Shig’s mother tell him when he asks what he should do instead of fighting and being angry? What is gaman? How is gaman supposed to help a person in difficult times?

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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