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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 do the Sakanes drink while they wait for Mr. Sakane?

2. Where does Mr. Sakane have to accompany the police?

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

4. What is the name of Yuki's older brother?

5. What it is the title of the fifth chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the camp at Tanforan.

2. Describe the Sakanes' new living space.

3. How do Yuki's friends react to her when she returns to school?

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

5. What does Yuki state as her like and dislikes in the opening chapter?

6. What is a Nisei Japanese American?

7. Why is Yuki angry with her mother in the second chapter?

8. What news is the catalyst for destroying the Sakane family's life?

9. How do the Sakanes meet the Kurihara family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the internees feel about the American government? How did the American try to fix the relationship between themselves and the American Japanese after the war?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's life. In what way is her life and personality is reflected in the book? Could she have written such a book without firsthand experience?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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