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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 do the soldiers fear?
(a) The mobbing "Japs"
(b) Having to go home without seeing battle
(c) The high winds
(d) Getting sent to Mexico

2. When Papa is interviewed, he is what?
(a) An accountant
(b) A private in the Army
(c) A spy
(d) A prisoner

3. What humiliates Jeanne's mother?
(a) Being the only Asian on Terminal Island
(b) Having to live with her son
(c) Having to sell valuable items for next to nothing
(d) Having to watch Jeanne act "white"

4. What does Papa do to Mama?
(a) Forces her to sleep outside
(b) Brings her flowers
(c) Threatens her with his cane
(d) Breaks her leg

5. What is the first thing the family sees with Papa?
(a) Eyeglasses
(b) A wheelchair
(c) A cane
(d) A wig

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mob cry out before the MPs use tear gas?

2. Who shows his good humor and willingness to be responsible to improve things as much as possible for the family?

3. Papa finally leaves the barracks to do what?

4. Heavy doses of what leave Jeanne sick?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the barracks like in the camp?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Papa do after learning about Pearl Harbor?

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

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

10. What is Papa's personality and character like?

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