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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members of the family go to Los Angeles?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Fifteen
(c) Three
(d) Nine

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

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

4. What hobby does Papa begin to do?
(a) Songwriting
(b) Weight lifting
(c) Curling
(d) Carving furniture

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

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

7. How many rooms does the family's new unit have?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Seven
(d) Two

8. What hobby does Jeanne try that she comes to believe is a horrible abuse of the body?
(a) Aerobics
(b) Ballet
(c) Running
(d) Yoga

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

10. Where does the family find housing?
(a) An apartment
(b) A trailer
(c) A house
(d) A barn

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

12. Jeanne becomes the first person in her family to _________.
(a) Get married to a Caucasian
(b) Get a divorce
(c) Graduate from college
(d) Have twins

13. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manzanar mean in Spanish?

2. What does Jeanne fear as the camps close?

3. What helps alleviate the overcrowding in the camp?

4. What is the 442nd Combat Regiment?

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

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