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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 happens to Papa at Fort Lincoln?
(a) His feet are frostbitten
(b) He loses an arm
(c) He gets cancer
(d) He is injured in a farm accident

2. What is contained in the oil cans that Papa has with him?
(a) Trash
(b) Cooking oil
(c) Chum
(d) Oil

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

4. Why does Jeanne's Mom pack heavy coats for them?
(a) She knows it can get cold in the mountains
(b) So they will have something to sleep on
(c) So they can hide items in the pockets
(d) She doesn't want the buyers to get them

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hasn't Papa contacted his family in Japan?

2. When Papa is interviewed, he is what?

3. What does Woody have Ray and Kiyo do to improve the barracks?

4. What do the other people at the camp consider Papa to be?

5. What does Papa think about the violence in the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Papa's reunion like?

7. What are the barracks like in the camp?

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

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

10. How does the camp separate Jeanne's family from each other?

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