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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. The government requires that everyone seventeen or older signs what type of document?

2. Who is in charge of the reservoir crew?

3. Who are the only people allowed out of the camp on the night of the riot?

4. Why are the Japanese held in Manzanar?

5. Who works on the walls with Kiyo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Jeanne's world turned upside down after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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

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

6. What does Papa do after learning about Pearl Harbor?

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

8. What is Papa's reunion like?

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

10. Why are many people in the camp sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although they are interned, the individuals in the camps engag in small (and larger) acts of resistance against their imprisonment and the discrimination. What are some of these acts of resistance? What do the acts accomplish? Why do you think the internees use these acts of resistance?

Essay Topic 2

What was the December Riot? What were people upset about? What happened during the riot? Do you think the people were right to feel the way that they did? How do you think you would feel in a similar circumstance? 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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