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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. When Papa is interviewed, he is what?
(a) A prisoner
(b) A private in the Army
(c) A spy
(d) An accountant

3. What does the reservoir crew fear?
(a) The dam breaking
(b) The Japanese navy
(c) The jittery soldiers
(d) Getting left in the reservoir

4. What is the first thing the family sees with Papa?
(a) A cane
(b) A wheelchair
(c) A wig
(d) Eyeglasses

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

6. With whom do Jeanne and her parents move in?
(a) Daniel
(b) Her cousin
(c) Her mother's employers
(d) Woody

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

8. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?
(a) His law degree is the United States
(b) He wants to move to China
(c) He is wanted in Japan for murder
(d) The size of his family

9. 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

10. How many times do Mama and Papa run away together?
(a) None
(b) Twice
(c) Four
(d) Six

11. What happens when the gossip of the camp about Papa is shared with Papa?
(a) He flies into a rage
(b) He fights with the camp head
(c) He escapes from the camp under the barbed wire
(d) He confronts the people gossiping about him

12. Where was Jeanne living with her family before Pearl Harbor?
(a) San Diego
(b) Ocean Park
(c) Seattle
(d) Malibu

13. At Fort Lincoln, what did Papa work as?
(a) An interviewer
(b) A chaplain
(c) A cook
(d) A guard

14. How much longer has Papa lived in the United States versus his interrogator?
(a) 3 months
(b) 5 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 9 years

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mob cry out before the MPs use tear gas?

2. What does Papa believe causes wars?

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

4. What is a reminder that the people are not free?

5. What is the reservoir crew given as protection?

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