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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 Lynn do when she wakes up from her dream the night after seeing the doctor?

2. What does Kira-kira mean?

3. Who does Amber almost kill at the camp?

4. How many children does Katie hope to have?

5. Where does Katie's uncle live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the job of the man that Katie sees in the parking lot of her mother's plant?

2. What does Lynn hope to do to make money when she is older?

3. What does Katie do that makes her parents angry with her, and how does she respond?

4. What do Katie and Lynn do while waiting in the car in St. Louis?

5. What does Katie do with Sammy at night?

6. What is Father's job at the hatchery?

7. What does Lynn write about in her journal?

8. What happens when Mother comes home from work with Katie and Sammy?

9. What happens when Katsu teaches Amber to shoot a bow and arrow?

10. What does Lynn tell Katie when she wakes up after the rabbit hunt, and how does Katie feel about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how does the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the ways that Lynn and Katie show their love to each other, and how do these displays alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how is the plot altered because of these incidents?

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