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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the camp to take care of the orphans?

2. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?

3. The interview of Wakatsuki Ko shows he is what kind of man?

4. Who is in charge of the reservoir crew?

5. Why hasn't Papa contacted his family in Japan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Mama angry in the camp? Why?

3. What does Jeanne believe is behind her father's seclusion in the barracks?

4. What does Papa think about Japan? Who does he hope will win the war?

5. What is the greatest humiliation in the camp? How is it handled?

6. What is the family's first impression of Manzanar?

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

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

9. What do the people at Manzanar call Papa? Why?

10. What keeps the family going despite the circumstances that they are in at the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened at the reservoir shack on the night of the December Riot? Who was present? Why do you think the people present felt the way that they did? Do you think you would feel similarly if you had been there that night? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How do the individuals at Manzanar try to improve the camp? What things do they do to make life more normal? Why do you think they do these things? Are the efforts successful or not? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What are the events that lead to the creation of Manzanar? Why do you think the government chose to create the internment camps? Do you agree or disagree with this decision? Why?

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