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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Papa decide that the family is going to travel back to Los Angeles?
(a) By train
(b) By bus
(c) By plane
(d) By car

4. Where does Jeanne find that she is accepted?
(a) Peer activities
(b) Dating activities
(c) Social activities
(d) Academic activities

5. When does the Supreme Court vote that loyal citizens cannot be detained against their will by the government?
(a) 1942
(b) 1944
(c) 1936
(d) 1953

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

7. What does Papa want to build?
(a) A better bond with Jeanne
(b) A Japanese civil rights organization
(c) A housing project
(d) A boat

8. Jeanne and her father are in the firebreak waiting for what?
(a) The birth of Eleanor's child
(b) The opening of the main gate
(c) The end of Mama's surgery
(d) Woody to return to the camp from prison

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

10. What worries Papa after the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He fears that Japan will retaliate
(b) He worries that he will be drafted into the military
(c) He worries about having to stay in the camp
(d) He fears all of his family is lost

11. At what lessons does Jeanne succeed?
(a) Ballet
(b) Knitting
(c) Cooking
(d) Baton twirling

12. What does Manzanar mean in Spanish?
(a) Apple orchard
(b) Green valley
(c) Cold wind
(d) Windswept mountain

13. What date does the government set for final closure of the camp?
(a) October 31
(b) December 1
(c) June 21
(d) April 15

14. What does Jeanne fear as the camps close?
(a) Leaving her friends
(b) Having to stay at the camp
(c) Living on the East Coast
(d) The future

15. What ends all hope for staying at Manzanar?
(a) Fire in the camps
(b) The assignation of the General in charge of the camps
(c) The water main breaks
(d) Bombing of Hiroshima

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Woody go?

2. Where does Mama go to work?

3. What would Jeanne be horrified about if anyone asked her out on a date?

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

5. Why can't Jeanne participate in the odori lessons?

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