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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Three days
(c) Four months
(d) Five years

2. To what does Jeanne attribute her father's actions?
(a) Because he wants to return to Japan
(b) Because his family is behind barbed wire
(c) Because he fears Mama's in love with someone else
(d) Because he has to live with other Japanese

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

4. At Fort Lincoln, what did Papa work as?
(a) A guard
(b) A chaplain
(c) A cook
(d) An interviewer

5. What is the greatest humiliation in the camps?
(a) Lack of schools
(b) Racism
(c) Lack of privacy
(d) Lack of trust

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

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

8. Where is Wakatsuki Ko interviewed?
(a) Ocean Park
(b) Fort Leavenworth
(c) Fort Lincoln
(d) Manzanar

9. People can leave the camps and move inland if they do what?
(a) Find a job and a sponsor
(b) Sign up for the military
(c) Give information on another Japanese person
(d) Sign a green card

10. Where does the family meet Papa?
(a) At the main gate
(b) At the family's unit in the barracks
(c) At the camp's main office
(d) At the mess hall

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

12. What is the reservoir crew given as protection?
(a) Rifles
(b) Tear gas
(c) Slingshots
(d) Ax handles

13. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?
(a) His law degree is the United States
(b) He is wanted in Japan for murder
(c) He wants to move to China
(d) The size of his family

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

15. What is Mama's career?
(a) Teacher
(b) Psychologist
(c) Dietician
(d) Nurse

Short Answer Questions

1. When Papa is interviewed, he is what?

2. How many times do Mama and Papa run away together?

3. Why does Papa leave Japan?

4. What does Woody have Ray and Kiyo do to improve the barracks?

5. What happens to Papa at Fort Lincoln?

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