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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. In Chapter 8, where did Yoshiko apply to go to college?

2. With how many families did Iku share the evergreen branches she received for Christmas?

3. What group number were the Uchidas assigned when they departed for Delta, Utah?

4. How many washrooms were available for the section of Tanforan where the Uchidas lived?

5. When the Uchidas went for their first meal at Tanforan, how many lines of people were waiting to get into the mess hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the health issues suffered by the Uchidas at Tanforan?

2. How did everyone dress for Thanksgiving dinner at Topaz?

3. How did Yoshiko describe her neighbors at Tanforan?

4. What were the living accommodations for the Uchida family following the evacuation?

5. How was Keiko finally able to use her college degree?

6. How did a woman solve the problem of no bathtubs at Tanforan?

7. Who were some people who died at Topaz?

8. What astonished Yoshiko when they reached the Salt Lake City station?

9. Where did friends gather at Tanforan to say goodbye to the Uchidas and other internees as they headed to Topaz?

10. How did Dillon S. Myer say that being cut off from the mainstream of American life affected people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The portrait Uchida painted of her childhood revealed the anti-Asian sentiment that was rampant in the United States and helps to explain why the internments occurred. What signs of anti-Asian sentiment did Uchida reveal in her book? What racist incidents did she experience even before the war? How did the anti-Asian sentiment erupt into the forced displacement of Japanese? Did the anti-Asian sentiment end after the war?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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