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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 does Sunny say dill reminds her aunt of?

2. In the public school where Sunny grew up, how many students were there in all the grades?

3. Where is Private Ricky Hauser from?

4. Where does Lieutenant Sevo get a flag from for the camp?

5. What does Rocky always have on his toast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What letter does Cas have from Stryker that came the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

2. What were the first things Sunny taught herself to cook?

3. Within hours of arriving in Lone Pine, what progress does Lt. Jay Svevo make?

4. Why was Rocky disappointed when he visited Walden Pond?

5. How did Sunny, Tops, Cas, and Stryker create their own patterns of eating?

6. What does Sunny do after learning about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

7. On Rocky's first walk after his wife died, what did he find?

8. When the internees arrive, what does Sunny want to say to Schiff, and why does she not say it?

9. What happens when Hauser, Schiff, and Macauley go to Three Chairs to get permission to build an airstrip?

10. What phrase did Sunny's mother believe about food, and who originated the catchphrase?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Schiff and Sunny argue, and he nearly gives up on having a relationship with her. What inciting event brings them back together and why?

Essay Topic 2

Snow is a character in the background until "The Eighth Property of Thirst." Then Wiggins reveals his background and who he is. How and why Snow does change from a flat to a round character in “The Eighth Property of Thirst”? Why is it important to know more about him and who he is?

Essay Topic 3

Schiff works for the Department of the Interior and has been sent to set up and run a camp for people of Japanese descent. How and why does Schiff struggle with his assignment?

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