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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What helps alleviate the overcrowding in the camp?
(a) The Loyalty Oath
(b) The expansion of the camp by one mile
(c) The influenza epidemic
(d) The addition of five more camps for the detainees

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

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

5. What is the greatest difficulty that the family faces in L.A.?
(a) Finding somewhere to live
(b) Getting their possessions out of storage
(c) Jeanne getting into school
(d) Finding their way around town

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

7. What is Jeanne reminded of when Woody leaves?
(a) When they first arrived at the camp
(b) When they left Ocean Park
(c) When Papa went to fish the last time
(d) When they had to sell their belongings

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

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

10. With whom does Jeanne make friends?
(a) Barbara
(b) Sunny
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Radine

11. Who breaks the dam of Jeanne's memories about Manzanar?
(a) A camp official
(b) Papa
(c) A Caucasian photographer from the camps
(d) Jeanne's husband

12. Who does Jeanne go to more and more when she needs comfort?
(a) Kiyo and Ryan
(b) Papa
(c) Woody and his wife
(d) Mama

13. Papa would be angry if Jeanne dated ________.
(a) An older man
(b) A Caucasian
(c) A "No, No" Japanese
(d) An Asian

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

15. What is Jeanne named during her senior year?
(a) Carnival queen
(b) Student of the month
(c) Valedictorian
(d) State baton twirling champion

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the family erect a gravestone with Papa's name on it?

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

3. By the end of 1944, about how many people are left at Manzanar?

4. What does Papa want to build?

5. What does Papa grow on the land he leases?

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