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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 is the title of chapter fifteen?

2. Who becomes ill on the journey to Topaz?

3. Who is the first person Toda tells about Mr. Kurihara's death?

4. What does Yuki think of the desertland?

5. Where does Yuk visit Emi?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have so many people fallen ill?

3. What does Yuka overhear the internees saying on their way to Utah?

4. Why does Ken decide to join the army in chapter sixteen?

5. Summarize chapter sixteen.

6. How does Mr. Kurihara die in chapter fourteen?

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

8. Describe the Sakanes' new accommodation.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Yuki's life.

1. Her father.

2. Her mother.

3. Ken.

4. Mrs. Jamison.

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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