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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was the pay to be a teacher at the Tanforan elementary school?
(a) $5 a week.
(b) $20 a month.
(c) $10 a week.
(d) $16 a month.

2. When the Uchidas went for their first meal at Tanforan, how many lines of people were waiting to get into the mess hall?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. During Thanksgiving celebrations, what was the name of Dwight’s song?
(a) Song of Topaz.
(b) Missoula Camp Song.
(c) America the Beautiful.
(d) Battle Hymn of the Republic.

4. How many families lived in each barrack at Topaz?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. How old was the man shot to death by an MP in Chapter 8?
(a) 63.
(b) 54.
(c) 38.
(d) 27.

6. What type of accommodations were the Uchidas given at Tanforan?
(a) Tent.
(b) Tar-papered barracks.
(c) Cement bunker.
(d) Horse stall.

7. How many camps for internees were scattered throughout the United States?
(a) 21.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

8. What time did the train reach Nevada?
(a) Noon.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

9. Soon after Dwight and the other men arrived in Montana, what was the temperature?
(a) -20 degrees.
(b) -30 degrees.
(c) 5 degrees.
(d) 15 degrees.

10. When was an announcement made that Nisei men could join the armed forces?
(a) December 29, 1942.
(b) January 15, 1943.
(c) February 3, 1943.
(d) January 28, 1943.

11. What was the altitude at Topaz?
(a) 4,600 feet.
(b) 5,200 feet.
(c) 3,987 feet.
(d) 6,439 feet.

12. At Topaz, what did the children visit on a field trip?
(a) Cattle farm.
(b) Sheepherder.
(c) Dam.
(d) Goat farm.

13. What place did Yoshiko win for one of her paintings at Tanforan?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

14. What was the first film shown at Tanforan?
(a) Adventure Island.
(b) Spring Parade.
(c) Blossoms in the Dust.
(d) Melody Time.

15. When were classes for the children first held at Tanforan?
(a) June 17.
(b) April 15.
(c) May 26.
(d) March 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the Uchidas’ address at Topaz?

2. By the time the Uchidas left Tanforan, what did they have for Sunday dinner?

3. When was snow first seen in the mountains around Topaz?

4. By the beginning of Chapter 8, when was the only time hot water was available?

5. In Chapter 8, what type of a flower bulb did the Uchidas carefully nurture?

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