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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 direction do the internees have to travel to to get to Topaz?

2. To where does Mr. Sakane say he is traveling?

3. Why does the recruiter tell the internees they will not be allowed to serve?

4. What does Ken decide to apply for in this chapter?

5. What do the internees wear to stop the dust from effecting them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ken's situation become better in chapter thirteen?

2. Why does Ken fall into depression in chapter ten?

3. What good news do the family receive in chapter 15?

4. What bad news does Yuki hear about Emi in chapter twelve?

5. What did Mr. Sakane experience in Montana?

6. Summarize chapter twelve.

7. Why have so many people fallen ill?

8. How does the camp begin to get better in chapter thirteen?

9. Why does Ken decide not to accept a place at university?

10. Why does Yuki have to spend time in an unfamiliar in chapter twelve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1940s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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