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

2. In Chapter 8, what type of a flower bulb did the Uchidas carefully nurture?

3. By the beginning of Chapter 8, when was the only time hot water was available?

4. When was legislation passed allowing Japanese to become naturalized citizens?

5. What time were the Uchidas assigned to eat dinner at Tanforan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who greeted the internees when they arrived at Topaz?

4. What was the first dust storm like that Yoshiko experienced?

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

6. Why did Yoshiko and her mother make signs for the washrooms at Tanforan?

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

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

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

10. How did Yoshiko receive her college diploma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Tanforan and Topaz, there were climate adjustments that the Uchidas and others had to make. How were the climates different in Berkeley, Tanforan, and Topaz? What physical ailments were caused by the climates in Tanforan and Topaz? Was it more difficult to adjust to one climate than another?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 7, Yoshiko noticed discrimination when she visited the living quarters of a white teacher who was stationed at Topaz. What discrimination did Yoshiko find at Tanforan? What discrimination was at Topaz? How did Yoshiko especially feel that she had been the victim of discrimination when she saw the living quarters for a white teacher at Topaz? Was the entire internee experience discrimination?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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