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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 sound is made when the door of the Japanese teahouse where Henry meets Marty and Samantha in Chapter 23?

2. What type of cigarettes did Henry's father smoke?

3. Who runs the bakery in Henry's neighborhood in Chapter 34?

4. What type of meat are the wind-dried sausages made from that Henry's mother leaves for him in Chapter 43?

5. How does Henry explain his black eye and bruised cheek in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are leftovers dealt with in the lunchroom where Keiko and Henry work at their school?

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

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

5. How does Marty know that the sketchbooks they find in Chapter 28 belong to Henry's friend?

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

7. Where do Henry and Sheldon go in Chapter 39 and why?

8. What does Henry expect to find in the kitchen in Chapter 34, and what does he find?

9. What is waiting for Henry when he returns from Idaho in Chapter 43?

10. What does Henry's father give him in Chapter 30, and what does Henry do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A work assignment in the school cafeteria leads to a relationship between Henry and Keiko. What commonalities help a friendship grow between the two? Why is their relationship able to survive through separation, marriages, and time?

Essay Topic 2

Henry has an ume tree in his back yard. What did the tree symbolize for Henry and for his father? How did each man's perspective on life affect how they viewed the tree and why they each kept such a tree?

Essay Topic 3

Henry enjoys jazz music. How does Henry begin listening to jazz music? What does Henry enjoy about jazz music, and how is that music a comfort to him his entire life?

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