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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. Where was Jeanne living with her family before Pearl Harbor?
(a) Seattle
(b) San Diego
(c) Ocean Park
(d) Malibu

2. Issei means what?
(a) American born Japanese
(b) Japanese born
(c) Canadian born Japanese
(d) Japanese warrior

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

4. Woody says that Ryan and Kiyo have to complete their task or they'll have to eat sand with what for lunch?
(a) Mustard
(b) Relish
(c) Ketchup
(d) Salad dressing

5. What do many Americans fear that all Japanese are doing?
(a) Spying on the United States
(b) Planting bombs in Hawaii
(c) Plotting to kill the president
(d) Providing information to Germany

Short Answer Questions

1. Who punches Papa?

2. What is Mama's career?

3. When was Papa born?

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

5. Who arrives at the camp to take care of the orphans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Papa do when he hears the gossip about him? How does Kiyo react to Papa?

3. Does Papa want his sons to join in the war? Why or why not?

4. What does Papa think about Japan? Who does he hope will win the war?

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

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

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

8. What are the barracks like in the camp?

9. What do the men find most disturbing and disgraceful while they are in the camp? Why?

10. What is Papa's reunion like?

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