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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. What was the man’s nationality that accosted Yoshiko and friends at a Berkeley restaurant?

2. How did the Uchidas hear the news that Pearl Harbor had been attacked?

3. When did Mr. and Mrs. Uchida rent their first home after they were married?

4. How long did it take Yoshiko to finish high school?

5. How many days did the first group of Japanese-Americans removed have to get out of their homes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the FBI break into the Uchidas’ home?

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

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

4. How was Dolls Festival Day celebrated at the Uchida home?

5. What did Grandmother Uchida do to help the pain she had in her back and shoulders?

6. What did Curtis B. Munson’s report reveal about possible sabotage by Japanese Americans?

7. What illnesses did Yoshiko suffer from?

8. How did the neighbors treat the Uchida family as the evacuation drew near?

9. What were the Uchidas doing when they learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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

The Issei were first-generation immigrants and the Nisei were second-generation immigrants. What struggles did the Issei have in their new country? What struggles did the Nisei have in the United States? What conflicts were there between the Issei and Nisei? Why were opportunities limited for both first and second-generation immigrants?

Essay Topic 3

Yoshiko believed that the experiences she and her family endured because of the evacuations actually made them stronger individuals. What qualities helped the Uchidas to survive? How did Dwight and Iku maintain the values that had sustained them all their lives? How did their faith help them survive? Did Yoshiko believe that she and her sister would have survived without their parents? How did their parents’ example help the girls be strong? Why did Yoshiko believe the experiences made the family stronger?

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