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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Papa do to Mama?
(a) Forces her to sleep outside
(b) Threatens her with his cane
(c) Brings her flowers
(d) Breaks her leg

4. What happens to Papa's nose?
(a) Kiyo bloodies it
(b) He runs into a door
(c) The camp head punches him
(d) He breaks it while drunk

5. What does Papa believe causes wars?
(a) Inequality
(b) Military control
(c) Dictators
(d) Jealousy

6. How long is it between the time that Jeanne's father is arrested and the next time that they see him?
(a) Almost a year
(b) Four months
(c) Five years
(d) Three days

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

8. How many people does the family have to fit into two units?
(a) 43
(b) 12
(c) 25
(d) 4

9. Who are the only people allowed out of the camp on the night of the riot?
(a) Children under five
(b) The camp officers
(c) The soldiers
(d) The reservoir crew

10. How old is Jeanne when she reaches the camp?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 7
(d) 3

11. Why does the Navy make the Japanese families move away from Terminal Island?
(a) They are afraid that the Japanese will declare independence on the island
(b) Some groups have threatened the families
(c) They think it's too close to the Long Beach Navel station
(d) The families aren't paying rent

12. Why is the family relieved to arrive at the camp?
(a) They are protected from the war
(b) They are running out of money and everything will be taken care of here
(c) It offers some protection from the fear of the Caucasians
(d) They will have a house to live in

13. What helps the family get through the difficult circumstances?
(a) Prayer
(b) Faith
(c) Money
(d) Laughter

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

15. In what year do the events of the book begin?
(a) 1941
(b) 1927
(c) 1936
(d) 1950

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has meals brought to him or her instead of eating in the mess hall?

2. Who shows his good humor and willingness to be responsible to improve things as much as possible for the family?

3. Who is required to work in the camp?

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

5. Who arrives at the camp to take care of the orphans?

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