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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Dwight Uchida come to the United States?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

2. What color dishes were used by the Uchidas at Sunday picnics?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

3. Why didn’t the boy who took Laddie write the Uchidas?
(a) Laddie ran away.
(b) Laddie died.
(c) He lost their address.
(d) Laddie got sick.

4. Approximately how many Japanese were ordered for removal from Military Area Number One?
(a) 110,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 50,000.

5. How long did it take Yoshiko to finish high school?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 ½ years.
(d) 4 years.

6. How many years did Dwight manage a store in Portland?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

7. What type of flowers grew higher than Yoshiko’s head?
(a) Sunflowers.
(b) Columbine.
(c) Gardenias.
(d) Snapdragons.

8. What was the man’s nationality that accosted Yoshiko and friends at a Berkeley restaurant?
(a) Malaysian.
(b) Australian.
(c) Filipino.
(d) Cuban.

9. What type of berries grew in the backyard of the home where the Uchida girls grew up?
(a) Mulberry.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Blackberry.
(d) Raspberry.

10. Where might the Uchidas go for a picnic lunch after church?
(a) Chrissy Field.
(b) Ocean Beach.
(c) Mission Delores Park.
(d) Lake Merritt Park.

11. What did Dwight always read on the ferry on the way to work?
(a) San Francisco Examiner.
(b) Reader’s Digest.
(c) San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) Wall Street Journal.

12. When Dwight wrote from his internment camp, when did he want the roses pruned?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) February.

13. Where did Yoshiko and friends go to dance, but were turned away?
(a) Berkley.
(b) Oakland
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

14. In Chapter 3, what time did Yoshiko discover the FBI had visited her home?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 1 p.m.

15. In his letters from the internment camp, who did Dwight ask be sent a monthly check?
(a) Grandmother Uchida.
(b) The church.
(c) Iku’s mother.
(d) A co-worker’s family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the church founded that the Uchidas attended?

2. Who wrote a report in 1941 stating the Japanese were extraordinarily loyal to the United States?

3. Who drove the Uchida women back home after they visited Dwight in the detention center in Chapter 3?

4. How many Japanese-Americans made their own way outside the excluded zones?

5. What government official stated that the Pearl Harbor attack was the result of espionage and sabotage by Japanese-Americans?

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