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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. How large was the housing the Uchidas were given at Tanforan?

2. On what day were the Uchidas assigned to depart for Delta, Utah?

3. When did the FBI conduct a camp-wide search for contraband?

4. What was the first meal the Uchidas ate at Tanforan?

5. Because of the classes at Tanforan, what percent of children were advanced to the next grade by the schools they attended before the evacuation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the barracks organized and furnished at Topaz?

2. How did Keiko and Yoshiko try to make their parents’ twenty-sixth anniversary special?

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, what would non-Japanese friends bring the Uchidas when they came to visit?

6. How did Yoshiko describe her neighbors at Tanforan?

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

8. How was the Topaz camp arranged?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For a brief time at Tanforan, the Japanese were self-governing and held elections. How did the Japanese establish political boundaries? What offices were up for election? How was voting held? Why were the votes invalidated? How long were the Japanese allowed to self-govern? Why was this privilege rescinded?

Essay Topic 2

As a child and teen, Yoshiko wanted to deny her Japanese background. How was Yoshiko treated in elementary school? Was high school any better? Were there certain places that Japanese were not welcome? Why was it difficult for Japanese college graduates to get jobs? Why did Yoshiko want to be more “white” than Japanese? Why did she try to deny her background? Why did she later embrace her heritage? Did society change or did she?

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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