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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. Why are the Japanese held in Manzanar?
(a) To protect them from angry Caucasians
(b) To protect them from the Japanese military
(c) As Japanese, their loyality is questionable to Caucasians
(d) They are plotting against the United States

2. Where is the family sent?
(a) Tule Lake
(b) Manzanar
(c) Gila River
(d) Poston

3. Many people in the camp become sick because of what reason?
(a) High temperatures
(b) Spoiled food
(c) Too much food
(d) A lack of water

4. What is the most disturbing and disgraceful situation for most men held at Manzanar?
(a) The charge of disloyalty
(b) The lack of freedom
(c) The oversized clothing
(d) The family disintegration

5. What do many people wear as they arrive in the camps?
(a) Heavy coats
(b) Aloha shirts
(c) Sweaters
(d) Bathing suits

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women use for privacy in the camps?

2. What occurs exactly one year after Pearl Harbor?

3. Mama thinks that the condition of the barracks is no better than what _______ would sleep in.

4. Who is required to work in the camp?

5. What does Jeanne's father have that he feels guarantees his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Jeanne's experiences in school and in the neighborhood after the family is forced to move from Ocean Park?

3. What keeps the family going despite the circumstances that they are in at the camp?

4. How does Papa leave Japan? Where does he go?

5. What does Papa's interview at Fort Lincoln reveal about him and his family relationships?

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

7. What leads to the separation of families at Manzanar?

8. What is the most important day in Jeanne's life? Why?

9. What does Papa think about the war? What does he think started the war?

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

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