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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. What type of chair does Samantha sit in at the Japanese teahouse in Chapter 23?

2. What are women from a Baptist church trying to get into Camp Harmony?

3. What does Henry pretend at the beginning of Chapter 30?

4. What dessert does Samantha especially make for Henry in Chapter 33?

5. Including Chaz, how many boys are bothering Henry at the end of Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Henry's parents say when he brings them Public Proclamation 1?

2. Why does Keiko's father volunteer to go ahead to Camp Minidoka in Idaho?

3. Why is Dr. Luke at Henry's home when he returns in Chapter 38?

4. Why does Henry agree to go to China in Chapter 45?

5. In present time, how does Henry spend time with Sheldon during his Sunday afternoon visits?

6. What tradition does Henry cherish at the beginning of Chapter 23?

7. When Henry takes Marty and Samantha to the basement of the Panama Hotel, how does Henry describe the place?

8. Where did Henry's father get his education?

9. How many times has Henry heard Oscar Holden play?

10. What does Samantha plan to have for dinner at the end of Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry searches the belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel. What Is Henry searching for? How does he hope that sorting through the belongings will help him with the emptiness he has felt since his wife died?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Beatty supervises the lunchroom at Henry's elementary school. What type of woman does Mrs. Beatty seems to be? How do her actions reveal who she really is and what she thinks of Henry and Keiko?

Essay Topic 3

Henry makes a comment that we was always able to find the sweet among the bitter. In what ways is Henry able to find the sweet in life even when things are bad? How does that attitude affect his life and how he survives the experiences he has in his life?

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