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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. Why do the others think that Papa informed on the other men?
2. What word best describes the first month at Manzanar?
3. When was Papa born?
4. What does the family make a down payment on just before Pearl Harbor?
5. With what is Papa charged?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Papa's family like in Japan? What is the family's history?
2. What happens as all the Japanese American families are forced to leave Terminal Island? How does Mama deal with this humiliating event?
3. Why are many people in the camp sick?
4. What do the men find most disturbing and disgraceful while they are in the camp? Why?
5. What do the people of the camp think about this document that the government wants them to sign? Why?
6. What does Papa think about Japan? Who does he hope will win the war?
7. What are the camps like? Why are they in this condition?
8. Why does anti-Asian sentiment increase on the West Coast?
9. What does Papa think about the war? What does he think started the war?
10. How does Papa leave Japan? Where does he go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of disloyalty runs through the events in the book. At which people or groups is this label directed? What effect does this have? Why do you think these people are thought to be disloyal? Is the assumption right or wrong? How do you think you would react to having this label placed on you?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Jeanne faces many life-changing experiences in the book. What event do you think had the greatest effect on Jeanne? Why did it have the greatest effect? How did the event change Jeanne's life? Use specific examples from the book to back up your argument.
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