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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 does Yuki notice have been painted onto the walls of the apartment?

2. Where did Mr. Toda live before he was evacuated?

3. What special day is Yuki excited about?

4. Who is Ken meeting in the waiting room?

5. What prompts the two policeman to leave the Sakanes' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Yuki's brother Ken.

2. How does Yuki show her love for America in chapter seven?

3. Why do the Japanese have to sell their belongings so cheaply?

4. Why is Ken depressed in chapter eight?

5. Why does Yuki's mother annoy her at the beginning of chapter five?

6. How do the Sakane family prepare for the evacuation?

7. What new role does Ken assume in chapter four?

8. Describe the Kurihara family.

9. What does the FBI officer tell people who phone the Sakane house?

10. How do the Sakanes meet the Kurihara family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems do Yuki's generation face? How are the problems for Yuki's generation different to the problems her parents generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

What are the arguments for and against putting the Japanese into camps in the 1940s? What is Uchida's opinion how the Japanese and how does she express them? Do you agree or disagree with Uchida?

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