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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped get toys and play things for the Tanforan nursery schools?
(a) YMCA.
(b) Professors at Berkeley.
(c) Churches.
(d) Professor from Mills College.

2. In Chapter 8, where did Yoshiko apply to go to college?
(a) Smith.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Yale.
(d) Broward.

3. How long did Yoshiko and a friend take refuge in a laundry barrack during a dust storm at Topaz?
(a) Nearly two hours.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) More than an hour.
(d) 90 minutes.

4. By the end of June, what percent of the residents of Tanforan were either teaching or going to school?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 55.

5. Into how many blocks was Topaz divided?
(a) 42.
(b) 54.
(c) 23.
(d) 39.

6. Inevitably, from what direction did a wind sweep into Tanforan and stir up dust and litter?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

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

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

9. How many students showed up the first day for the nursery school at Tanforan?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

11. What became the Uchidas’ address at Topaz?
(a) 6-1-A, Topaz, Utah.
(b) 7-2-C, Topaz, Utah.
(c) 8-9-B, Topaz, Utah.
(d) 5-4-D, Topaz, Utah.

12. How many civil service employees were assigned to be administrative heads at Topaz?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

13. How many books did the Tanforan library eventually contain?
(a) 3,500.
(b) About 10,000.
(c) 7,500.
(d) More than 5,000.

14. How large was the housing the Uchidas were given at Tanforan?
(a) 20x20.
(b) 5x10.
(c) 10x25.
(d) 10x20.

15. Who was the former British minister of labor who came to visit Topaz?
(a) Margaret G. Bondfield.
(b) Hugh Bayley.
(c) Diane Abbott.
(d) Jonathan Ashworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Yoshiko’s grandmother been interred?

2. How many Japanese were housed at Tanforan?

3. How many students attended the Tanforan art school?

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

5. In Chapter 8, why were Yoshiko and Keiko allowed to go to Delta with a white staff member?

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