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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. In Part Four, Chapter 3, what job did Kenny help Fernando find?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 15, what does Ivy play while she waits for Susan at the wagon?

3. In Part Three, Chapter 13, who is in the Yamamoto driveway when Ivy and her mother leave the house?

4. In Part Three, Chapter 11, how long will Susan and her mother be at her grandmother's?

5. In Part Three, Chapter 2, how many acres will Ivy's father be in charge of at their new place?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three, Chapter 5, what will be Ivy's mother's job?

2. How did Mrs. Sturbridge's son die?

3. In Part Three, Chapter 1, why is Ivy excited?

4. In Part Three, Chapter 19, what does Ivy reveal is in the secret room at the Yamamoto house?

5. In Part Four, Chapter 3, what does Ivy remember about her brother Fernando?

6. Why did Mike give up the harmonica?

7. In Part Three, Chapter 20, what does Ivy do with her harmonica?

8. In Part Four, Chapter 1, where has Friedrich traveled?

9. What does Ivy discover about the musical talents of the Yamamoto children in Part Three, Chapter 15?

10. In Part Four, Chapter 1, what does Friedrich relate about what happened to his sister Elisabeth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler’s purity laws and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany are discussed in Part One of the novel. What does the author convey about racial discrimination through Part One of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Friedrich notices that people begin embracing political correctness as Hitler and the Nazi’s influence permeate German society. Why do so many characters in Part One embrace political correctness, and how does the tendency to follow the Nazi party line turn friends against friends and family members against family members?

Essay Topic 3

Both Ivy’s family and the Yamamotos experience prejudice. What prejudices do the families experience and how is the discrimination they face related to their ethnic heritage?

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