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

2. The camp sits at an altitude of _______.
(a) 10,000 feet
(b) 14,000 feet
(c) Sea level
(d) 4,000 feet

3. What does the sandstorm do?
(a) Hides the soldiers outside the camp
(b) Blows down the barbed wire
(c) Contaminates the water supply
(d) Puts out the electricity

4. When did Jeanne's father come to the United States?
(a) 1940
(b) 1936
(c) 1895
(d) 1908

5. The government requires that everyone seventeen or older signs what type of document?
(a) A citizenship card
(b) A green card
(c) A non-violence pledge
(d) A loyalty oath

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is required to work in the camp?

2. What covers the family when they wake up in their first morning at the camp?

3. Which word best describes the barracks?

4. What does Papa demand?

5. What song does Papa sing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Papa do in the barracks? How does it affect the family?

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

6. What are the barracks like in the camp?

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

8. Who arrives at the reservoir shack? Who is fearful in the shack and who are they fearful of?

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

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

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