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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 doesn't Papa return to Japan?
(a) He is wanted in Japan for murder
(b) The size of his family
(c) His law degree is the United States
(d) He wants to move to China

2. What item does Jeanne's mother refuse to sell, deciding instead to break it?
(a) Jeanne's baby carriage
(b) Her china
(c) A short wave radio
(d) A bracelet

3. What is a common condition in the camp?
(a) The Manzanar runs
(b) Typhoid
(c) Obesity
(d) Ringworm

4. Why is the family relieved to arrive at the camp?
(a) They are running out of money and everything will be taken care of here
(b) They are protected from the war
(c) It offers some protection from the fear of the Caucasians
(d) They will have a house to live in

5. What draws families apart on Manzanar?
(a) The barbed wire
(b) The separate men's and women's sections
(c) Sickness
(d) The close quarters

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the only people allowed out of the camp on the night of the riot?

2. To what does Jeanne attribute her father's actions?

3. Why does the Navy make the Japanese families move away from Terminal Island?

4. When does Papa return to the family?

5. What do many people wear as they arrive in the camps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people at Manzanar call Papa? Why?

2. What are the camps like? Why are they in this condition?

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

4. What happens during the December Riot?

5. What makes Mama angry in the camp? Why?

6. What happens as all the Japanese American families are forced to leave Terminal Island? How does Mama deal with this humiliating event?

7. What does Jeanne believe is behind her father's seclusion in the barracks?

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

9. What do the people of the camp think about this document that the government wants them to sign? Why?

10. What is Papa's family like in Japan? What is the family's history?

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