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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Mama need money?
(a) To pay the monthly fee on the warehouse where the furniture is stored
(b) To pay for Papa's release from prison
(c) To pay the mortgage on the house on Terminal Island
(d) To buy extra food for the family in the camps

2. When the family arrives at the camp, what obscures their vision of it?
(a) Fog
(b) A rainstorm
(c) Their blindfolds
(d) Blowing sand

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

4. Which word best describes the barracks?
(a) Muddy
(b) Miserable
(c) Clean
(d) Warm

5. What surrounds the camp?
(a) Barbed wire
(b) Wood walls
(c) A river
(d) Trees

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

7. Mama thinks that the condition of the barracks is no better than what _______ would sleep in.
(a) Animals
(b) Germans
(c) Bugs
(d) Caucasians

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

9. Where was Mama born?
(a) Japan
(b) California
(c) Canada
(d) Hawaii

10. What does the interviewer ask Papa?
(a) His reason for having four children
(b) His favorite baseball team
(c) His reason for coming to the United States
(d) His favorite color

11. Of what is Jeanne's father accused?
(a) Providing offshore submarines with oil
(b) Giving the Japanese information about Pearl Harbor
(c) Hiding Japanese spies in his home
(d) Sending messages about military arrangements

12. Who works on the walls with Kiyo?
(a) Daniel
(b) Woody
(c) Jeanne
(d) Ryan

13. Who arrives at the camp to take care of the orphans?
(a) Nuns
(b) Teachers
(c) A group of Japanese Americans from Nebraska
(d) The Red Cross

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

15. Who crashes into the reservoir shack?
(a) A naval officer
(b) 4 soldiers
(c) A boy from a neighboring town
(d) A Japanese spy

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jeanne's father come to the United States?

2. What school does Papa enter?

3. Where does Papa go after leaving Japan?

4. What draws families apart on Manzanar?

5. How does the clothing given to the individuals in the camps fit them?

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