Echo Week 14 Comprehension Questions

WEEK 14

DUE Monday 3/19/18 before 8:15 AM

Chapters 8 - 10, pages 433 - 462

Part 3, Chapter 8

1. What does Ivy see carved into the inside planks of the wagon? What is ironic about these names? Use evidence to support your answer.

2. Why does Mr. Ward believe Kenny survived Pearl Harbor while Donald died? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

3. How do Ivy and Susan‛s families have different views about Japanese citizens? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

4. “‘Anything that could help the Japs, I mean the Japanese, win the war‛” (437). Why does Susan change the way she refers to the Japanese?

5. Why did Susan stop playing the piano?

6. Why is Susan not allowed to have any friends? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

7. How has Donald‛s death impacted Susan‛s family? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.


Part 3, Chapter 9

8. What would happen if someone proved that the Yamamotos were spies?

9. “‘The bus picks up at your school first so you‛ll get on before me‛” (445).  What surprised Ivy about Susan‛s comment? What do you think this means?

10. “Americanization? What did that mean?” (446). What is Americanization? Why do you think Ivy is being sent to the Americanization school? Use evidence to support your thinking.

11. Why is there not an explanation for why Ivy was being sent to the Americanization school? Use evidence to support your answer.

12. Why do you think Susan did not warn Ivy about the two different schools?

13. What did Ivy‛s teacher realize about Ivy‛s education?

14. How is Ivy‛s new home different compared to her old one? Why is there such a difference within the same state?


Part 3, Chapter 10

15. Explain Ivy‛s family life in America. How long has her family been living in America?

16. Why is Papa so upset about the fact that Ivy is being sent to a different school? Use evidence from the text in your explanation.

17. What is Papa‛s plan in regard to Ivy‛s schooling? Do you think this will work? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

18. Why were Mexican children separated?

19. “Stunned, Ivy looked at Mama” (459). Why was Ivy so surprised? Use evidence to support your thinking.

20. Why does Ivy feel grateful compared to the Yamamotos? Use evidence to support your answer.