PAS6-MT(06-2023)

Why doesn't the evacuation make any sense to Ruri?

• because she doesn't under that her father is really a spy

• because she thinks other Asian people should also have been evacuated

• because Japanese-Americans are loyal to the U. S.

• because there is not enough time to evacuate everyone

• because Japanese-Americans don't speak Japanese

How does the news that the family will live in an apartment impact the story's conflict?

• It resolves the story's conflict because Ruri knows where she will be going.

• It makes the conflict worse because Ruri wants to live in a big mansion

• It has no impact on the story's conflict.

• It seems to lessen the conflict because Ruri likes the idea of an apartment.

Which of the following is an example of a complication in the plot?

• having to live in an old horse barn

• having to live in an old pig barn

• getting to ride to church with a neighbor

• having men help them with their bags

• remembering Papa's irises

How does Laurie feel when Ruri's family is ordered to go to the internment camp?

• She wants Ruri to always think of her as a friend.

• She wishes her family could go to a camp just like Ruri's family.

• She thinks Japanese-American people cannot be trusted.

• She is angry that Ruri doesn't come to her house to say goodbye.

• She is happy that Ruri is leaving.

Which would NOT be included in a summary because it is TOO detailed?

• Ruri, her mother, and her sister leave their home ton live in an internment camp.

• Ruri's friend gives her a bracelet, and Ruri promises to wear it forever.

• Ruri loses the bracelet that Laurie give her and looks for it everywhere.

• Ruri's mother packs dishes, blankets, sheets, boots, umbrellas, and a flashlight.

What does Mama tell Ruri about the lost bracelet?

• Friendship is carried on her wrist.

• The heart will one day stop crying.

• Old memories are best left forgotten.

• There will be money one day to buy another one.

• Friendship is carried in her heart.

How does Ruri's trust in her mother help to resolve Ruri's conflict at the end of the story?

• She no longer feels bad about being away from her father.

• She takes her mother's advice and discovers that it is false.

• She takes her mother's advice and discovers that it is true.

• She knows that if she keeps searching for her bracelet, she will find it.

• She realizes that there is a lot to like about her new apartment.

Why does Walter Dean Myers' wife make montages during his revision process (=re-writing process)?

• to help him visualize his characters and settings

• because she is very creative

• because she wants to influence his decisions about his characters and settings

• because she wants to illustrate his books for him

• because it is her job to help her husband

What is the narrator referring to when he asks, "You know what high is"?

• how superior he feels to others after winning the game

• how he is respected by other players on the team after winning the game

• how he feels so happy after winning the game

• how exhausted and dizzy he is after playing the game

How did Walter Dean Myers end up publishing (=writing) his first book?

• He entered a body building contest.

• He met his mother for the first time.

• He met his father for the first time.

• He entered a contest for children's book writers.

• He took a writing a class at the New School in New York City.