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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Naomi bring home with her from the swamp?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A frog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

2. When Naomi awakens after her near death experience, where is she?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) At the riverbed.
(d) At Rough Lock's home.

3. What does Naomi overhear Obasan doing when Aunt Emily tells her that she thinks it's time to tell the children the truth?
(a) She hears Obasan screaming.
(b) She hears Obasan singing.
(c) She hears Obasan praying.
(d) She hears Obasan crying.

4. How is Grandmother Nakane's body processed after her death?
(a) It is cremated.
(b) It is buried at sea.
(c) It is buried in the ground.
(d) It is mummified.

5. What type of bird do the children see when they climb the bluff in spring?
(a) A queenbird.
(b) A jokerbird.
(c) A kingbird.
(d) A princebird.

6. What does Obasan bring Naomi when she comes to visit as she is recovering?
(a) Homework.
(b) A doll.
(c) A letter from her mother.
(d) Clean clothes.

7. Where does Stephen attend college?
(a) In Vancouver.
(b) In Toronto.
(c) In Boston.
(d) In New York.

8. What does Stephen accidentally break during his family's goodbye party?
(a) His mother's record.
(b) His sister's doll.
(c) His father's flute.
(d) The hut's front window.

9. What religious ceremony is conducted during the family's goodbye party?
(a) Communion.
(b) A wedding.
(c) Profession of faith.
(d) A baptism.

10. With whom do the Nakane children travel when they are relocated from Slocan?
(a) By themselves.
(b) With their Aunt and Uncle.
(c) With Rough Lock.
(d) With their father.

11. What does Rough Lock say about skin color?
(a) That everyone who sees the difference in skin color is racist.
(b) That it is an overrated way of defining people.
(c) That it is the only way to tell who is good and who is evil.
(d) That he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.

12. When Naomi remembers the chicks of her childhood, what does she contemplate about them?
(a) Why they were eaten by the family.
(b) Why they changed color.
(c) Why they couldn't fly.
(d) Why they grew up.

13. What is Naomi accused of throwing down into an outhouse?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her clothing.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A puppy.

14. Which of the following are NOT harvested in the Nakane garden?
(a) Berries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Ferns

15. What instrument does Stephen begin to play when he hears that the war is over?
(a) The drums.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The tambourine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stephen is going to fight the two boys who are calling him names at school, who intervenes to stop the conflict?

2. What does Obasan say strengthens humans?

3. In what newspaper section does Obasan wrap her fragile belongings before the move from Slocan?

4. When the family is relocated, where is Father asked to report?

5. What is the name of the bluff that Naomi and her school friends climb?

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