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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. When does Katie go camping with Katsu after Lynn gets sick?

2. What game does Katie play while Lynn is in the hospital?

3. What scares Katie at the funeral?

4. Who helps Katie with her homework?

5. What nationality is the man who helps Sammy when he is injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What color is the house Lynn picks out, and why does she choose this house?

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

3. How much money are Katie and Lynn able to save for their house, and what does their mother do when they show her?

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

5. How does this book end?

6. What does Silly do before she leaves Katie's house on her birthday, and why?

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

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

9. Why does Katie not sleep well, and what does she do to help this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how does their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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