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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 Jeanne fear as the camps close?

2. What hobby does Jeanne try that she comes to believe is a horrible abuse of the body?

3. Where does the family find housing?

4. Jeanne's family moves closer to what in the camp?

5. What hobby does Papa begin to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What small freedoms are the people in the camp allowed as time passes? How does Jeanne feel about this?

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

4. What activities does Jeanne try? How does she feel about each?

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

6. As she ages, how does Jeanne feel about Manzanar? How does she deal with her time there?

7. How do Jeanne and her family feel as Woody leaves for the Army? How do others in the camp feel as the men leave?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is life like in Manzanar? Describe the physical and emotional feelings of the camp. What effects does the camp have on internees? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

The theme of disloyalty runs through the events in the book. At which people or groups is this label directed? What effect does this have? Why do you think these people are thought to be disloyal? Is the assumption right or wrong? How do you think you would react to having this label placed on you?

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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