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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. How did Schiff's mother ruin food?

2. In August Escoffier's cookbook, what color ink did Lou use to underline some of the words?

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

4. What was the first thing Sunny taught herself to cook from her mother's notes?

5. What was the name of the first dog Rocky got when he came West?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work has Schiff done as a civil servant?

2. How did Sunny translate her mother's recipe books and cooking notes?

3. Why is Schiff invited to dinner at Three Chairs?

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

5. Why are Rocky, Sunny, and Cas worried when they hear about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

6. Why is Schiff in California?

7. How did Sunny try to reconstruct her mother?

8. What has Schiff read about the Central Valley in California?

9. What does Lou's look like?

10. After Schiff signs the requisitions for 200 people to start work on Manzanar, why is he worried about where to put them and how does Jay solve that problem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The Passover is an important holiday on the Jewish calendar. How and why does Svevo want to celebrate Passover at Manzanar?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Wiggins use artistic license to create the realistic background of Properties of Thirst?

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