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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 Brenda wearing when Katie sees her?

2. What does Lynn say when Katie asks if she is a genius?

3. What happens to the male chicks at the poultry hatchery?

4. What does the woman who watches Katie during the day call her?

5. Who owns the place where Mother works?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Father and Uncle Katsu do the night before the big move to Georgia?

2. What do the girls misplace during the moving process?

3. What kind of discrimination is found in the plant where Mother works?

4. What does Katsu do in Nashville, and why?

5. What does the woman at the hotel say when Father tries to rent a room?

6. What is Katie's mother worried about when they prepare to move to Georgia, and what is Katie's father's response to this?

7. What does kira-kira mean, and why is it so important to Katie?

8. What happens when a dog attacks Katie and Lynn when they are young?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the Takeshima siblings had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of the siblings, and how does their individuality affect the course of the plot?

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

What happens at the funeral, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

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