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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. When is Mas at the Desoto National Forest in Mississippi?

2. Where is Twitchy on June 2, 1944?

3. In Chapter XIII, how long has the 100th Battalion been fighting in Italy?

4. At Foret Domaniale de Champ, when is the 100th ordered out for another objective?

5. How many tanks are at Tule Lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Minnow take the news that Twitchy died?

8. How poor has Kiyoshi's family been?

9. How and where does Bill die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Twitchy dies on the battlefield. Why is it difficult for Twitchy’s friends and family to believe he is dead? How do Twitchy’s friends and family process their grief and learn to live without him?

Essay Topic 2

Yum-yum has a younger brother named Fred. How and why does Yum-yum have to care for her brother? How does Yum-yum have to take the role of a parent? How does that affect and change the relationship between Yum-yum and her brother?

Essay Topic 3

Minnow is homesick in Chapter XVI. Why is Minnow homesick? Is he homesick for Topaz or for familiar things?

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