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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 surrounds the camp?
(a) Trees
(b) Barbed wire
(c) Wood walls
(d) A river

2. What is surprising about the morning at the wharf?
(a) Jeanne's father has a heart attack
(b) A whale washes up on the beach
(c) The fishing fleet comes back
(d) Jeanne is given an engagement ring

3. Why does Papa leave Japan?
(a) Mama is in California
(b) Japan is in a severe depression
(c) He needs to escape the law
(d) He fights with his father

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is contained in the oil cans that Papa has with him?

2. Who does Papa think will win the war?

3. What is the greatest humiliation in the camps?

4. People can leave the camps and move inland if they do what?

5. What hurts Mama's pride?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the only people in the camp allowed outside the night of the riot? What are they given as protection?

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

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

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

5. Of what is Papa accused? What does this mean for the family?

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

7. What happens during the December Riot?

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

9. How does Papa leave Japan? Where does he go?

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

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