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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. What battalion is Frankie in in Chapter XIII?

3. Where is Leonard Thomas from?

4. What did Stan dare Twitchy to chug once?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How and where does Bill die?

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

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

4. What is Tule Lake like?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Twitchy not thinking about the future in Chapter XII?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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