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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 interview of Wakatsuki Ko shows he is what kind of man?

2. What does the man at the cannery shout?

3. What covers the family when they wake up in their first morning at the camp?

4. What is the first thing the family sees with Papa?

5. In what year do the events of the book begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the men find most disturbing and disgraceful while they are in the camp? Why?

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

4. What does Papa's interview at Fort Lincoln reveal about him and his family relationships?

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

6. What is the greatest humiliation in the camp? How is it handled?

7. What are the barracks like in the camp?

8. What work do members of the family do in the camp? Are they required to work?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What happened at the reservoir shack on the night of the December Riot? Who was present? Why do you think the people present felt the way that they did? Do you think you would feel similarly if you had been there that night? Why or why not?

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