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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 the first of the family to leave?

2. How does Jeanne's family react to the news that the camps are closing?

3. By the end of 1944, about how many people are left at Manzanar?

4. What does Papa want to build?

5. What does Jeanne explore that her father is against?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeanne's relationship with her father change? Who does she turn to?

2. How do Mama, Papa, and the others in the camp react to the possibility of leaving the camp? What makes staying in the camp impossible?

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

4. How does Jeanne feel about leaving the camp? What does she fear?

5. How does Papa change after the Loyalty Oath?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is Jeanne's father like? How did he come to the United States and what did he experience once he arrived? How to the events in the book change him?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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