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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 was Yoshiko’s birthday?

2. How much did Dwight pay for a pound of butter when he was allowed to go to Fillmore on business in Chapter 8?

3. Where had Yoshiko’s grandmother been interred?

4. How many softball teams were at Tanforan?

5. At what time were the light turned off and the shades pulled on the train bound for Utah?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the first meal that the Uchidas ate at Tanforan?

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

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

5. How did Yoshiko receive her college diploma?

6. How was the Topaz camp arranged?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yoshiko often felt like a second-class citizen. Why did Yoshiko feel like a second-class citizen? Why did she and her friends keep to themselves and have their own clubs and activities separate from the hites? What the prevailing sentiment toward the Japanese in America before World War II? Did Yoshiko and her friends question the way they were treated or did they feel it was normal? Why?

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, Yoshiko told about mixed reactions to the bombing at Pearl Harbor. How did most of the Japanese that Yoshiko knew, including her family, feel when they heard the news? Why weren’t they concerned? How did the white people feel when they heard the news? Why was there such a varied reaction to the news?

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