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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Woody says that Ryan and Kiyo have to complete their task or they'll have to eat sand with what for lunch?
(a) Ketchup
(b) Relish
(c) Mustard
(d) Salad dressing

2. What does Woody bring in to help clean?
(a) A broom
(b) A duster
(c) A vacuum
(d) A bucket of water

3. What hurts Mama's pride?
(a) To not be able to provide for her family
(b) To have to rely on others
(c) To not be able to shower each day
(d) To be put into such a low, miserable living situation

4. Issei means what?
(a) Canadian born Japanese
(b) American born Japanese
(c) Japanese warrior
(d) Japanese born

5. Where does the family meet Papa?
(a) At the camp's main office
(b) At the family's unit in the barracks
(c) At the main gate
(d) At the mess hall

6. What does the FBI find in many of the houses they search?
(a) Japanese flags
(b) Short wave radios
(c) Stores of oil
(d) Guns

7. What does Woody have Ray and Kiyo do to improve the barracks?
(a) Hang curtains
(b) Sweep the floor
(c) Paint the walls
(d) Cover the knotholes

8. With what is Papa charged?
(a) Sending messages to the Japanese military
(b) Plotting to bomb
(c) Delivering oil to Japanese submarines
(d) Spying on the Long Beach Navel station

9. What is surprising about the morning at the wharf?
(a) Jeanne's father has a heart attack
(b) A whale washes up on the beach
(c) Jeanne is given an engagement ring
(d) The fishing fleet comes back

10. What does Papa think about the violence in the camp?
(a) It is arrogant
(b) It is justified
(c) It is criminal
(d) It is stupid

11. Who has meals brought to him or her instead of eating in the mess hall?
(a) Jeanne
(b) Woody
(c) Granny
(d) Mama

12. What is the most disturbing and disgraceful situation for most men held at Manzanar?
(a) The lack of freedom
(b) The charge of disloyalty
(c) The oversized clothing
(d) The family disintegration

13. What is Mama furious about that first day?
(a) Jeanne's dirty dress
(b) The conditions they have to live in
(c) That her husband isn't with them
(d) The barbed wire around the camp

14. For what career does Papa first begin to prepare?
(a) A doctor
(b) A pilot
(c) An accountant
(d) A naval career

15. What do the other people at the camp consider Papa to be?
(a) A unionist
(b) A criminal
(c) A hero
(d) A collaborator

Short Answer Questions

1. How many internment camps are there for Japanese-Americans?

2. What does Jeanne's father burn?

3. What does the reservoir crew fear?

4. When the family arrives at the camp, what obscures their vision of it?

5. The camp sits at an altitude of _______.

(see the answer keys)

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