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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what career does Papa first begin to prepare?
(a) A doctor
(b) A naval career
(c) An accountant
(d) A pilot

2. What do the soldiers fear?
(a) The high winds
(b) Having to go home without seeing battle
(c) The mobbing "Japs"
(d) Getting sent to Mexico

3. Why do the others think that Papa informed on the other men?
(a) He is given a medal by the government
(b) Someone hears Papa informing
(c) He is released earlier than the others
(d) He lives in Ocean Park

4. What is a reminder that the people are not free?
(a) The handcuffs
(b) The mess hall
(c) The lack of Christmas presents
(d) The searchlights

5. What is Mama furious about that first day?
(a) The barbed wire around the camp
(b) That her husband isn't with them
(c) Jeanne's dirty dress
(d) The conditions they have to live in

Short Answer Questions

1. How many internment camps are there for Japanese-Americans?

2. What crowds the barracks?

3. People can leave the camps and move inland if they do what?

4. When does Papa return to the family?

5. What does the man at the cannery shout?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what is Papa accused? What does this mean for the family?

2. Why does anti-Asian sentiment increase on the West Coast?

3. How does the family feel about moving to Manzanar?

4. How does Mama's family feel about Papa? Why are they not happy about the relationship?

5. How is Jeanne's world turned upside down after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

6. What are the barracks like in the camp?

7. Why are many people in the camp sick?

8. What is the greatest humiliation in the camp? How is it handled?

9. What work do members of the family do in the camp? Are they required to work?

10. What does Woody do to make the barracks better? Why does he do this?

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