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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 color is the house Lynn picks out to buy?

2. What does Katie say is the theme of Lynn's life at the end of her essay?

3. What does Amber think of Katie and Silly's pretend band?

4. What does Katie's father do that gets him fired?

5. What comes in the room on New Year's night when Katie opens the window for Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

2. What does Aunt Fumi say when Katie asks why Katsu is not a land surveyor anymore?

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

4. What happens when Uncle Katsu gets the truck stuck on a cliff?

5. What does Katie steal from the hatchery, and what does she do with what she steals?

6. How does this book end?

7. What does Katie do after she finds out what is really wrong with Lynn?

8. What does Katie hear the night after the picnic?

9. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Katie endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

How does the relationship between Lynn and Katie change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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