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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. Where does Jeanne find that she is accepted?

2. Jeanne becomes the first person in her family to _________.

3. With whom does Jeanne make friends?

4. Papa would be angry if Jeanne dated ________.

5. Jeanne's family moves closer to what in the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Papa want to do after they leave Manzanar? How does he think he will accomplish this?

2. Who are the first people in Jeanne's family to leave the camp? Where do the members of her family go?

3. How does Papa change after the Loyalty Oath?

4. How does Jeanne's relationship with her father change? Who does she turn to?

5. How do Mama, Papa, and the others in the camp react to the possibility of leaving the camp? What makes staying in the camp impossible?

6. After the Loyalty Oath, what does the camp become like?

7. What is Jeanne's reaction to the outside world? What double impulse does she have?

8. What small freedoms are the people in the camp allowed as time passes? How does Jeanne feel about this?

9. How do Jeanne and her family feel as Woody leaves for the Army? How do others in the camp feel as the men leave?

10. What is the trip back to Los Angeles like for Jeanne's family? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the purpose of the internment camps? Dido they fulfill their purpose? Why or why not? Do you think the camps were right? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is life like in Manzanar? Describe the physical and emotional feelings of the camp. What effects does the camp have on internees? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Jeanne faces many life-changing experiences in the book. What event do you think had the greatest effect on Jeanne? Why did it have the greatest effect? How did the event change Jeanne's life? Use specific examples from the book to back up your argument.

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