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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 In a Stranger's Backyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news arrives via telegram one day?
(a) The father has been sent to Japan.
(b) The father is dead.
(c) The father is returning.
(d) The father is very ill.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the family's experience at Tanforan Racetrack?
(a) The horse stalls had linoleum floors.
(b) They slept on mattresses stuffed with straw.
(c) They ate out of horse troughs.
(d) The flies were really bad.

3. The boy shows his sister a book about ________________.
(a) Africa.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

4. What do the girl and her brother hope to see on their journey?
(a) Cowboys.
(b) Horses.
(c) Buffalos.
(d) Indians.

5. Where does the family go in Chapter 4?
(a) Portland.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.

2. What does the girl see in the moonlight when she looks out the train window?

3. Why has the girl still not written to her father?

4. Which of the following does the boy's mother NOT warn him about?

5. How long had the family been gone from its home?

(see the answer key)

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