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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. At Fort Lincoln, what did Papa work as?

3. What is the most disturbing and disgraceful situation for most men held at Manzanar?

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

5. What does Jeanne's father have that he feels guarantees his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people of the camp think about this document that the government wants them to sign? Why?

2. What does Papa's interview at Fort Lincoln reveal about him and his family relationships?

3. What does Woody do to make the barracks better? Why does he do this?

4. Of what is Papa accused? What does this mean for the family?

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

6. What does Papa do in the barracks? How does it affect the family?

7. How does Mama's family feel about Papa? Why are they not happy about the relationship?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What discrimination does Jeanne face in school after the family returns to Los Angeles? Where does she feel accepted? Where does she not feel accepted? What recurring dream does she have? Why do you think Jeanne never fulfills this dream?

Essay Topic 2

Trace Jeanne's feelings about her Japanese heritage through the events of the book. Which events have an impact on her self-image? How do the events make her feel about her Japanese heritage?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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