Drawing From Memory Summary Elements

Drawing From Memory is a/an

• memoir

• autobiography

• both

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Drawing From Memory is a memoir because...

• It's about the author's entire life beginning with his birth and ending with his death.

• It is formally written.

• It tells the author's memories as a young boy until he is 16 years old

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One of the places (settings) the author describes is...

• the apartment he lived in when he was 12 years old

• the traditional Japanese home he lived in with his wife and two daughters.

• the grocery store his family owned in Yokohama

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The main character of the story is

• Mrs. Morita, his teacher who believed in his drawing ability

• Sanae, the author's sister

• Sei (Yiyoi)

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Which event is NOT a main event in the story

• Aoyama was a well known school.

• Yiyoi studied from cartoonist, Noro Shinpei

• Yiyoi studied Greek and Roman sculptures with Orito-san

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The problem/ solution in the story is...

• there was war going on between Japan and America, but it ended before he went to school

• his family wanted him to go to school at Aoyama Middle School, but he only wanted to be a cartoonist

• There were strikes every month about injustice

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The theme of the story is...

• always listen to your elders

• love your enemies

• never give up on your dreams

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Drawing From Memory is NOT an autobiography because autobiographies contain...

• the author's entire life

• includes facts

• is formally written

• all of the above

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Memoirs include

• emotion

• an experience, memory, or incident about a brief time in someone's life

• dialogue

• all the above

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Which one below is a main event of the story?

• Yiyoi began working for master cartoonist Noro Shinpei

• Sensei introduced them to the manager of the art store.

• Yiyoi bought a newspaper after settling into his apartment.

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