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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. Approximately how many Japanese were ordered for removal from Military Area Number One?

2. How many bowls of rice might Dwight eat for supper?

3. Where might the Uchidas go for a picnic lunch after church?

4. What was Dwight’s car sold for?

5. What did Iku serve an FBI agent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was money a major concern after Dwight was detained?

2. What ritual did Yoshiko and her mother complete every morning before school?

3. What were some of the things that Dwight wrote from the camp in Montana and asked his family to do?

4. What was the dominant language in the Uchida home?

5. What did the Secretary of the Navy say about the attack at Pearl Harbor?

6. What would Iku do with her girls for a special outing?

7. What invalidated the government’s claim that the evacuation of the Japanese from the west coast from a military necessity?

8. What did the children do while they waited for the adult church service to end?

9. Why did many Nisei students begin leaving the university?

10. How did the Uchida women learn where Dwight had been taken?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although some politicians and government officials constantly spread rumors and untruths about Japanese Americans, other groups worked tirelessly to try to repair the Japanese American’s reputations. What were some groups and the efforts they made to stop the spread of untruths and rumors? Who was more successful those who were trying to damage the reputations of the Japanese or those who tried to save their reputations?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, the Uchida women struggled with the running of the household and the business affairs. Why was it so difficult for the women to handle the household and business affairs? Why did Dwight always handle those things before? Was it common for men at that time to handle all business matters? Were men’s and women’s roles more defined at that time? How did the women rise to the occasion? Who took the most responsibility for financial matters? How did Dwight try to assist the women as they were left to handle the household details? Did they eventually become comfortable with the situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Camp life put a strain on relationships and character. Why were some families gradually torn apart by camp life? How was the authority of the family degraded? What other relationships were affected? What was the general character of the Japanese in everyday life outside the internment camps? Why did people begin to do things like participate in criminal behavior inside the camps—something they probably would never have done outside? Why did camp life seem to erode moral behavior and character?

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