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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 time did the train reach Nevada?

2. Who greeted the Uchidas and other internees when they arrived at Topaz?

3. What were the first churches established at Tanforan?

4. Who helped get toys and play things for the Tanforan nursery schools?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the tight living quarters at Topaz affect families?

4. Who were some of the visitors who visited the Uchidas at Tanforan?

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

6. How did Yoshiko receive her college diploma?

7. How did Yoshiko describe her neighbors at Tanforan?

8. Did the food ever improve at Tanforan?

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

10. What break were the internees given after the train reached Nevada sagebrush country?

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 Why was this privilege rescinded?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

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

The Army’s official euphemism for the forced removal of the Japanese was evacuation. Were the Japanese removed from the west coast for their safety? Where, in some minds, did the danger lie? Why would it have been more truthful for the Army to have said that the Japanese were being interned or imprisoned?

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