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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many people wear as they arrive in the camps?
(a) Bathing suits
(b) Aloha shirts
(c) Sweaters
(d) Heavy coats

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

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

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

5. What is surprising about the morning at the wharf?
(a) A whale washes up on the beach
(b) The fishing fleet comes back
(c) Jeanne's father has a heart attack
(d) Jeanne is given an engagement ring

6. What does the mob cry out before the MPs use tear gas?
(a) Anarchy!
(b) Bonzai!
(c) Geronimo!
(d) Freedom!

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

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

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

10. What do the soldiers fear?
(a) The mobbing "Japs"
(b) Getting sent to Mexico
(c) The high winds
(d) Having to go home without seeing battle

11. What crowds the barracks?
(a) Woody's two children
(b) Kiyo's friend Daniel
(c) Mama's sadness
(d) Papa's dark mood

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

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

14. When does Papa return to the family?
(a) December 1941
(b) August 1945
(c) March 1943
(d) September 1942

15. When was Papa born?
(a) 1887
(b) 1922
(c) 1908
(d) 1900

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family meet Papa?

2. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?

3. What helps the family get through the difficult circumstances?

4. What is the most disturbing and disgraceful situation for most men held at Manzanar?

5. Why is the family relieved to arrive at the camp?

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