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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 reaction does Jeanne and her family get from others?

2. Who does Jeanne go to more and more when she needs comfort?

3. In 1942, the Supreme Court upholds the evacuation of Japanese-Americans due to what reason?

4. Who is Jeanne's oldest sister?

5. Where does the family find housing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeanne fear will be the family's reception in Los Angeles? What it is actually like? How to people react to Jeanne and her family?

2. What is the trip back to Los Angeles like for Jeanne's family? Why?

3. After the Loyalty Oath, what does the camp become like?

4. What is Jeanne's reaction to the outside world? What double impulse does she have?

5. Where does Jeanne find acceptance? Where does she not find acceptance? Who does she become friends with?

6. How do Papa's family react to Woody's visit? What do they show him?

7. What does Woody realize about Papa after his visit to Papa's family?

8. What three cases go to the Supreme Court? What are the decisions on them?

9. What is Jeanne's recurring dream? Why does this dream not come true for Jeanne?

10. What does Papa want to do after they leave Manzanar? How does he think he will accomplish this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the individuals at Manzanar try to improve the camp? What things do they do to make life more normal? Why do you think they do these things? Are the efforts successful or not? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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