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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occurs exactly one year after Pearl Harbor?
(a) Japan's surrender
(b) Papa dies of a heart attack
(c) The United States enters the war
(d) The December Riot

3. What song does Papa sing?
(a) It's a Small World
(b) The Japanese national anthem
(c) The Battle Hymn of the Republic
(d) The United States national anthem

4. Who reassures Mama that they can make the barracks better?
(a) Jeanne
(b) Woody
(c) Ryan
(d) Kiyo

5. What crowds the barracks?
(a) Mama's sadness
(b) Papa's dark mood
(c) Kiyo's friend Daniel
(d) Woody's two children

6. What happens to Papa at Fort Lincoln?
(a) He gets cancer
(b) He loses an arm
(c) His feet are frostbitten
(d) He is injured in a farm accident

7. What do the women use for privacy in the camps?
(a) Tree branches
(b) Room screens
(c) Sheets
(d) Large Oxidol cartons

8. What do many people wear as they arrive in the camps?
(a) Heavy coats
(b) Bathing suits
(c) Aloha shirts
(d) Sweaters

9. When did Jeanne's father come to the United States?
(a) 1940
(b) 1936
(c) 1895
(d) 1908

10. How many internment camps are there for Japanese-Americans?
(a) 7
(b) 1
(c) 10
(d) 3

11. Why does Jeanne's Mom pack heavy coats for them?
(a) So they can hide items in the pockets
(b) She knows it can get cold in the mountains
(c) So they will have something to sleep on
(d) She doesn't want the buyers to get them

12. What does the sandstorm do?
(a) Puts out the electricity
(b) Blows down the barbed wire
(c) Hides the soldiers outside the camp
(d) Contaminates the water supply

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

14. Where is Wakatsuki Ko interviewed?
(a) Manzanar
(b) Fort Lincoln
(c) Ocean Park
(d) Fort Leavenworth

15. What school does Papa enter?
(a) University of Washington
(b) UCLA
(c) Princeton
(d) University of Idaho

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is it between the time that Jeanne's father is arrested and the next time that they see him?

2. What does Papa demand?

3. How many times do Mama and Papa run away together?

4. What word best describes the first month at Manzanar?

5. For what career does Papa first begin to prepare?

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