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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 Two, Chapter 15, when will Mike and Frankie's adoption be legal?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 18, what time is Luz working until at the Ward's house?

3. In Part Two, Chapter 15, where does Mr. Howard say that he has an opportunity to move?

4. In Part Three, Chapter 16, where is Mr. Yamamoto?

5. What day is it at the end of Part Three, Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part Two, Chapter 19, what changes has Mike noticed since his talk with Mrs. Sturbridge?

3. In Part Three, Chapter 16, what do Ivy and Victor find at the Yamamoto house?

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

5. In Part Three, Chapter 2, what do Ivy and Araceli have in common?

6. In Part Two, Chapter 22, what does Mr. Hoxie say to Mike after his audition in front of the jury?

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

8. How does Mike practice for the harmonica competition in Part Two, Chapter 20?

9. In Part Three, Chapter 21, who is the boy who is always riding his bicycle?

10. In Part Four, Chapter 2, what does Mike remember happened after he fell from the tree up until present day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are several symbols of hope in the novel. What are these symbols and how do they bring hope?

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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