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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. What does Woody bring in to help clean?

2. Where does Papa go after leaving Japan?

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

4. What does the mob cry out before the MPs use tear gas?

5. Where is Papa held while he is in custody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Mama angry in the camp? Why?

2. Does Papa want his sons to join in the war? Why or why not?

3. How does the camp separate Jeanne's family from each other?

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

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

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

7. How does the family feel about moving to Manzanar?

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

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

10. Why are many people in the camp sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What was the purpose of the internment camps? Dido they fulfill their purpose? Why or why not? Do you think the camps were right? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the discrimination that Japanese Americans faced after the attack on Pearl Harbor. How did Japanese Americans react to the discrimination? What effect did the discrimination have on Japanese-Americans?

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