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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Japanese held in Manzanar?
(a) To protect them from angry Caucasians
(b) To protect them from the Japanese military
(c) They are plotting against the United States
(d) As Japanese, their loyality is questionable to Caucasians

2. Who does Jeanne think the internees look like in the surplus clothing?
(a) Charlie Chaplin
(b) James Dean
(c) Clark Gable
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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

4. What does the man at the cannery shout?
(a) Hitler is killed
(b) The United States is going to war
(c) Pearl Harbor is bombed
(d) A submarine is captured in New York

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

6. Of what is Jeanne afraid?
(a) Clowns
(b) Causasians
(c) Boats
(d) Asians

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

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

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

10. What is a reminder that the people are not free?
(a) The handcuffs
(b) The searchlights
(c) The mess hall
(d) The lack of Christmas presents

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

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

13. The War Department issues surplus clothing from which war?
(a) The Civil War
(b) The Spanish American War
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) WWI

14. What is contained in the oil cans that Papa has with him?
(a) Chum
(b) Cooking oil
(c) Trash
(d) Oil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Woody says that Ryan and Kiyo have to complete their task or they'll have to eat sand with what for lunch?

2. What crowds the barracks?

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

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

5. How long is Kiyo gone from the family barracks?

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