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

2. What covers the family when they wake up in their first morning at the camp?

3. What humiliates Jeanne's mother?

4. Who is the first person to run to Papa when the family sees him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the most important day in Jeanne's life? Why?

3. Why does anti-Asian sentiment increase on the West Coast?

4. How does the camp separate Jeanne's family from each other?

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

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

7. Does Papa want his sons to join in the war? Why or why not?

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

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

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

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

What is Jeanne's father like? How did he come to the United States and what did he experience once he arrived? How to the events in the book change him?

Essay Topic 3

What is life like in Manzanar? Describe the physical and emotional feelings of the camp. What effects does the camp have on internees? Use specific examples from the book.

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