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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. Why is there a housing shortage on the West Coast?
(a) Most of the available land is already used up
(b) Many houses are bombed
(c) Japanese American houses are burned after the evacuation
(d) People move there to help with the war effort

2. Who is Woody's wife?
(a) Lane
(b) Kim
(c) Eleanor
(d) Chizu

3. Who is the first of the family to leave?
(a) Eleanor, Shig and their baby son
(b) Granny and Kiyo
(c) Mama, Papa and Jeanne
(d) Woody and his wife

4. What does Papa want to build?
(a) A Japanese civil rights organization
(b) A housing project
(c) A boat
(d) A better bond with Jeanne

5. Where does Papa lease land?
(a) Santa Clara Valley
(b) Oregon
(c) San Lucia
(d) Sacramento

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does the family's new unit have?

2. How do Jeanne and her family deal with the memories of Manzanar?

3. Jeanne feels sorry for the teacher of which lessons?

4. Where does Woody serve in the military?

5. At what lessons does Jeanne succeed?

Short Essay Questions

1. As she ages, how does Jeanne feel about Manzanar? How does she deal with her time there?

2. How does Papa change after the Loyalty Oath?

3. How do Papa's family react to Woody's visit? What do they show him?

4. What activities does Jeanne try? How does she feel about each?

5. How do Mama, Papa, and the others in the camp react to the possibility of leaving the camp? What makes staying in the camp impossible?

6. What does Jeanne find when she visits Manzanar? How does this make her feel?

7. What small freedoms are the people in the camp allowed as time passes? How does Jeanne feel about this?

8. What is Jeanne's recurring dream? Why does this dream not come true for Jeanne?

9. How does Jeanne's relationship with her father change? Who does she turn to?

10. Where does Jeanne find acceptance? Where does she not find acceptance? Who does she become friends with?

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