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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. Who is Jeanne close to in her younger years?
(a) Eleanor
(b) Papa
(c) Kiyo
(d) Ryan

2. Jeanne goes to the first campground when she is in what grade?
(a) Eigth
(b) Tenth
(c) Fourth
(d) First

3. What hobby does Papa begin to do?
(a) Carving furniture
(b) Songwriting
(c) Curling
(d) Weight lifting

4. To what city does Eleanor move?
(a) San Diego
(b) Chicago
(c) Atlanta
(d) Reno

5. Jeanne is chosen as ________ in high school.
(a) Valedictorian
(b) Lead baton twirler
(c) Prom queen
(d) Homecoming queen

Short Answer Questions

1. What date does the government set for final closure of the camp?

2. What does Papa grow on the land he leases?

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

4. Jeanne's family moves closer to what in the camp?

5. In 1942, the Supreme Court upholds the evacuation of Japanese-Americans due to what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Woody realize about Papa after his visit to Papa's family?

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

5. What is the trip back to Los Angeles like for Jeanne's family? Why?

6. What do Jeanne and her father wait for at the firebreak? What does Mama tell them?

7. After the Loyalty Oath, what does the camp become like?

8. How does Jeanne feel about leaving the camp? What does she fear?

9. Who are the first people in Jeanne's family to leave the camp? Where do the members of her family go?

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

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