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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 nationality is the man who helps Sammy when he is injured?

2. What is the name of the man who helps Sammy after he is injured?

3. What does Katie listen to at night after the picnic?

4. Who builds the box for Lynn's altar?

5. Where does Katie's family go on vacation at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie write in her essay about Lynn?

2. How does this book end?

3. What does Katie see when she goes into Lynn's room just after she dies?

4. What does Katie do before they take Lynn's body away?

5. What happens when Katie's mother calls from the hospital while Fumi and Katsu are watching Katie and Sammy?

6. What is the first thing that Lynn and Amber disagree about?

7. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

8. What does Katie realize that means, to her, she is now a big girl?

9. What do Katie and Sammy do at the hatchery?

10. What does Hank do when they get to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Father and Katsu were both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their characters, their families, and their roles in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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