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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 worries Papa after the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He worries that he will be drafted into the military
(b) He fears all of his family is lost
(c) He fears that Japan will retaliate
(d) He worries about having to stay in the camp

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

3. When does the Supreme Court vote that loyal citizens cannot be detained against their will by the government?
(a) 1936
(b) 1944
(c) 1953
(d) 1942

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

5. Why did the family erect a gravestone with Papa's name on it?
(a) They do this for anyone who leaves the country.
(b) They hadn't heard from him and do not know if he iss still alive.
(c) They disown him.
(d) They are told he died in a fishing accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the experience of visiting the family show Woody?

2. What hobby does Jeanne try that she comes to believe is a horrible abuse of the body?

3. At what lessons does Jeanne succeed?

4. How many members of the family go to Los Angeles?

5. What does Jeanne fear as the camps close?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Papa want to do after they leave Manzanar? How does he think he will accomplish this?

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

4. How does Papa change after the Loyalty Oath?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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