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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which organization does Jeanne try to join but is refused membership?
(a) MADD
(b) National Honor Society
(c) Girl Scouts
(d) Gems

2. How do Jeanne and her family deal with the memories of Manzanar?
(a) They discuss their experiences at family gatherings
(b) They don't talk about Manzanar
(c) They go to therapy
(d) They write about their experiences in a family journal

3. To what area does most of the family move?
(a) The South
(b) Canada
(c) The East Coast
(d) California

4. When Jeanne goes to Manzanar, she find everything ________.
(a) Restored to what it was like when they arrived
(b) Run down
(c) Exactly as they had left it
(d) Gone

5. What does Papa grow on the land he leases?
(a) Oranges
(b) Broccoli
(c) Strawberries
(d) Lettuce

6. What grade does Jeanne enter in Los Angeles?
(a) Tenth
(b) Eleventh
(c) Sixth
(d) Second

7. How does Jeanne's family react to the news that the camps are closing?
(a) They are excited to leave
(b) They have mixed feelings about it
(c) They don't want to leave the camp
(d) They want the family to stay together

8. Who is Jeanne close to in her younger years?
(a) Ryan
(b) Papa
(c) Eleanor
(d) Kiyo

9. What would Jeanne be horrified about if anyone asked her out on a date?
(a) The apartment the family lives in
(b) Her lack of money
(c) Her Japanese ancestry
(d) Papa's behavior

10. What does Mama announce to Papa and Jeanne?
(a) The camp is closing
(b) Woody has been killed
(c) The United States has defeated Japan
(d) Eleanor has a baby boy

11. In 1942, the Supreme Court upholds the evacuation of Japanese-Americans due to what reason?
(a) Japanese spying
(b) Wartime necessity
(c) Japanese American protection
(d) German internment camps

12. What does Woody bring as a gift to his father's family?
(a) Sugar
(b) A radio
(c) Flowers
(d) Blankets

13. Where does Jeanne complete her senior year of high school?
(a) Palm Springs
(b) San Diego
(c) San Jose
(d) Los Angeles

14. What does Jeanne explore that her father is against?
(a) Catholicism
(b) Ballet
(c) Modeling
(d) Odori

15. How does Jeanne perceive Manzanar?
(a) Something to talk to others about
(b) A reason to be filled with shame
(c) A great part of her history
(d) A rally cry to change the laws

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama go to work?

2. How many of Papa's family died in the bombing of Hiroshima?

3. Who breaks the dam of Jeanne's memories about Manzanar?

4. Where does the family find housing?

5. What helps alleviate the overcrowding in the camp?

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