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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 is in charge of the reservoir crew?

2. What occurs exactly one year after Pearl Harbor?

3. What does "Inu" mean?

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

5. What word best describes the first month at Manzanar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Jeanne's experiences in school and in the neighborhood after the family is forced to move from Ocean Park?

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

4. Who arrives at the reservoir shack? Who is fearful in the shack and who are they fearful of?

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

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

7. What does Papa think about the war? What does he think started the war?

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

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

10. What happens as all the Japanese American families are forced to leave Terminal Island? How does Mama deal with this humiliating event?

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

How do Jeanne's experiences in Manzanar color her life afterward? What does she think about herself? How do the events affect her relationships with other people? Do you think you would feel the same as Jeanne does if you experienced these circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

How did the camps affect family life for the internees? What aspects of the camp affect Jeanne's family? How does her family change from the outside world to internment in the camps? Are they able to put the family back the way it was when they are released from the camp?

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