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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 think of the desertland?

2. Who does Yuki feel she now rarely sees?

3. What does Yuki say she is too excited to do?

4. Who does Mr. Sakane decide it is best to work with.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the rules of the camp?

3. Summarize chapter ten.

4. Describe the Sakanes' new accommodation.

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

6. How are the conditions at the camp continuing to improve in chapter fourteen?

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

8. What did Mr. Sakane experience in Montana?

9. Describe Yuki's hospital visit in chapter twelve.

10. How does life at the camp start to become better for the Sakane family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about 1940s American society.

1. War.

2. Internment camps.

3. Mistrust of other cultures.

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