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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Schiff's mother ruin food?
(a) Overcooking and oversalting.
(b) Undercooking.
(c) Not using enough salt.
(d) Serving food lukewarm or burning it.

2. How long did it take polio to kill Rocky's wife?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 11 months.

3. How many hours a day do stoop laborers work picking things like strawberries, tomatoes, melons, spinach, cotton, or rice?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

4. What does Rocky always have on his toast?
(a) Bacon fat.
(b) Blackberry jam.
(c) Strawberry jam.
(d) Butter.

5. What was the first thing Sunny taught herself to cook from her mother's notes?
(a) French toast or pain perdu.
(b) Ham sandwich or croque madame.
(c) Apple pastries or chaussons aux pommes.
(d) Chocolate croissant or pain au chocolat.

6. What does Rocky like to do on Sundays when he sits in the portales?
(a) Whittle.
(b) Make chairs.
(c) Make boots.
(d) Tan hides.

7. In "The First Property of Thirst," how many years has Rocky been taking the same morning walk?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 37.
(d) 41.

8. Where did Rocky and Stryker spend their time in Europe?
(a) England and Spain.
(b) Germany and France.
(c) England and Scotland.
(d) Italy and Germany.

9. How old was Snow when he bought his own land from what he earned shooting?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

10. At Manzanar, how many people do the barracks house?
(a) 8 to 12.
(b) 10 to 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 6.

11. How tall is Cas?
(a) 5 feet 2 inches.
(b) 5 feet 5 inches.
(c) 5 feet 10 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

12. What is Sunny fixing to eat in "The First Property of Thirst"?
(a) Spatchcocks and pheasant.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Baked chicken and pork chops.
(d) Lamb chops.

13. How old were the twins when Cas persuaded Rocky they should go to Europe?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

14. What do Sunny and Vasco bring for the internees when they arrive?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Fresh vegetables.
(c) Baked goods.
(d) Tangerines and oranges.

15. In "The First Property of Thirst," what opera does Rocky hear when he turns on the shortwave in the workshop?
(a) The Magic Flute.
(b) Tristan und Isolde.
(c) The Barber of Seville.
(d) Madama Butterfly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Schiff when the market crashed in October 1929?

2. How does Sunny keep herself busy after the news of the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

3. What ghost town was on the shore of what used to be Owens Lake?

4. What color cape is Sunny wearing when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley drive up to Three Chairs?

5. How old were Sunny and Stryker when Rocky took them to the 1,000 timber acres on Lone Pine Lake?

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