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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jeanne's return to school and outside life like?
(a) Good
(b) Easy
(c) Difficult
(d) Surprising

2. What reaction does Jeanne and her family get from others?
(a) Indifference
(b) Hatred
(c) Gratitude
(d) Outrage

3. Jeanne is chosen as ________ in high school.
(a) Prom queen
(b) Valedictorian
(c) Homecoming queen
(d) Lead baton twirler

4. Who is Jeanne's oldest sister?
(a) Kim
(b) Mary
(c) Eleanor
(d) Grace

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

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

7. Where does Mama go to work?
(a) A doctor's office
(b) A hospital
(c) A fish cannery
(d) A school

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

9. To what city does Eleanor move?
(a) Atlanta
(b) Reno
(c) San Diego
(d) Chicago

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

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

12. By the end of 1944, about how many people are left at Manzanar?
(a) 2,500
(b) 10,000
(c) 700
(d) 6,000

13. What closes permanently in July of 1945?
(a) The schools at Manzanar
(b) The Manzanar camp
(c) The draft for Japanese American soldiers
(d) The mess hall at Manzanar

14. Why is there a housing shortage on the West Coast?
(a) Most of the available land is already used up
(b) Japanese American houses are burned after the evacuation
(c) People move there to help with the war effort
(d) Many houses are bombed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the family go to Los Angeles?

2. How does Jeanne perceive Manzanar?

3. What worries Papa after the bombing of Hiroshima?

4. What hobby does Jeanne try that she comes to believe is a horrible abuse of the body?

5. Where does the family find housing?

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