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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. With whom do Jeanne and her parents move in?

2. When did Jeanne's father come to the United States?

3. What do the women use for privacy in the camps?

4. How much longer has Papa lived in the United States versus his interrogator?

5. Why does Papa leave Japan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads to the separation of families at Manzanar?

3. What are the barracks like in the camp?

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

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

6. What does Papa do when he hears the gossip about him? How does Kiyo react to Papa?

7. Why are many people in the camp sick?

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

9. What does the government want the men to sign? What does signing it mean?

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

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

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 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?

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