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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Papa held while he is in custody?
(a) North Dakota
(b) Florida
(c) New York
(d) Texas

2. What is Mama furious about that first day?
(a) Jeanne's dirty dress
(b) That her husband isn't with them
(c) The barbed wire around the camp
(d) The conditions they have to live in

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

4. What does Papa demand?
(a) A bed for himself
(b) An apology
(c) Woody to leave the family's unit
(d) Extra rice and cans of fruit

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where is the family sent?
(a) Poston
(b) Gila River
(c) Tule Lake
(d) Manzanar

11. What is true about Papa?
(a) He's not interested in making it big
(b) He doesn't like excuses
(c) Mama's family loved him
(d) He never finishes anything he starts

12. 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

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

14. What do Jeanne and the other women go to do?
(a) See off the fishing fleet
(b) Pick oranges in the orchard
(c) Wash laundry
(d) Shop at the market

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?

3. What item does Jeanne's mother refuse to sell, deciding instead to break it?

4. What happens when the gossip of the camp about Papa is shared with Papa?

5. Where was Mama born?

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