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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuki think is foolish?
(a) Her mother cleaning the house.
(b) Ken selling everything.
(c) Leaving Berkeley.
(d) Getting rid of Pepper.

2. In what does Ken invest?
(a) The stock market.
(b) Broker bonds.
(c) Book bonds.
(d) War bonds.

3. What does the Sakanes' apartment smell of?
(a) Body odor.
(b) Horse manure.
(c) A sewer.
(d) A public toilet.

4. What are the mattresses stuffed with?
(a) Cushions.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Rice,
(d) Straw.

5. Which of her father's flowers does Yuki sit among as she waits for her father to return?
(a) His chrysanthemums.
(b) His daffodils.
(c) His rases.
(d) His fox gloves.

6. What does Mrs. Jamison give Yuki for Christmas?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) A pearl ring.
(d) A diamond necklace.

7. What does Mrs. Sakane read everyday?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The newspapers.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Koran.

8. Where does Mrs. Jamison's visit take place?
(a) The warden's room.
(b) Outside the camp gate.
(c) A waiting room.
(d) The Sakane's apartment.

9. What happens on April 21, 1942?
(a) Mr. Sakane dies.
(b) Ken proposes to his girlfriend.
(c) Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
(d) The evacuation is ordered.

10. Who does Yuki give her canary to?
(a) Mr, Rogers.
(b) Mrs. Jamison.
(c) Mr. Robertson.
(d) Mrs. Davison.

11. What do the Japanese Americans have to do at 8 p.m. every night?
(a) Report to the police station.
(b) Sing the American national anthem.
(c) Salute the American flag.
(d) Stay in their area.

12. What kind of fish does Yuki watch swimming around the yard pond?
(a) A cod.
(b) A salmon.
(c) A carp.
(d) A gold fish.

13. What kind of bird is Old Salt?
(a) A crow.
(b) A canary.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A sparrow.

14. What does the Sakane family have to sell?
(a) Their paintings.
(b) Their sword collections.
(c) Their furniture.
(d) Their book collections.

15. Who do the Sakanes' non-Japanese neighbors send protest letters to?
(a) The FBI and the police.
(b) Washington and the army.
(c) Radio and televsion stations.
(d) Newspapers and politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is registered as the head of the Sakane household?

2. Who does Yuk say spoils the party?

3. Who comes to visit the Sakane family?

4. What city does Mimi Nelson live in?

5. What do the people in the camp wear around their nose and mouth?

(see the answer keys)

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