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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird do the children see when they climb the bluff in spring?

2. What is the name of the internment camp that Grandmother Nakane is relocated to?

3. What does Rough Lock verbally notice about Naomi?

4. Where does Stephen attend college?

5. Besides moving back to Japan, what other option do families have in 1945?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Memory proves to be the most powerful tool used to tell Naomi's story. Describe the ways that Kogawa uses memory to trigger plot in the novel, and discuss the various ways that memory is used to broaden the relationship that the reader feels toward Naomi as the novel progresses.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout her childhood, Naomi moved many times.

Part 1.) Compare / contrast Naomi's life in Slocan with her life in Granton.

Part 2.) Explain why Naomi believed that her life in Granton were the worst years of her life.

Part 3.) Explain the ways that community extended throughout Slocan and what Naomi's place in that society was.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the men in Naomi's family had made their living on a boat and at sea. Explain the cultural and symbolic significance of water and boats throughout the text. What was taken away from the family when the government seized their boats?

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