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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the family is relocated, where is Father asked to report?
(a) To Alberta.
(b) To Vancouver.
(c) To Slocan.
(d) To New Denver.

2. Where does Stephen attend college?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Vancouver.
(c) In Toronto.
(d) In Boston.

3. How many people in Naomi's family are ever returned their land by the government?
(a) Only Naomi's Obasan is returned her land.
(b) Only Naomi's grandparents are returned their land.
(c) Only Naomi's father is returned his land.
(d) None of Naomi's family is returned their land.

4. What does Obasan bring Naomi when she comes to visit as she is recovering?
(a) A doll.
(b) Homework.
(c) Clean clothes.
(d) A letter from her mother.

5. When Stephen is going to fight the two boys who are calling him names at school, who intervenes to stop the conflict?
(a) A young Japanese boy.
(b) A priest.
(c) A missionary woman.
(d) A school teacher.

6. What does Stephen tell Naomi about where their father is staying in New Denver?
(a) That he is staying in an elementary school.
(b) That he is staying in a hotel.
(c) That he is staying in a hospital.
(d) That he is staying in a church.

7. Besides moving back to Japan, what other option do families have in 1945?
(a) Moving east of the Rocky Mountains.
(b) Moving south of the Rocky Mountains.
(c) Moving north of the Rocky Mountains.
(d) Moving west of the Rocky Mountains.

8. In what newspaper section does Obasan wrap her fragile belongings before the move from Slocan?
(a) The religion section.
(b) The opinons section.
(c) The comics section.
(d) The sports section.

9. Which of the following characters does NOT come to say goodbye to the Nakane family when they move?
(a) Nakayama-sensei.
(b) Reiko.
(c) Saito-ojisan
(d) Nomura-obasan.

10. What is the name of the internment camp that Grandmother Nakane is relocated to?
(a) New Colorado.
(b) New Ohio.
(c) New Maryland.
(d) New Denver.

11. How do Uncle and Obasan greet each other at their reunification?
(a) They bowed to one another.
(b) They shook hands.
(c) They kissed one another.
(d) They hugged one another.

12. Which of the following does Naomi NOT view as a rule to proper Japanese living?
(a) Not staring.
(b) Trying to disappear.
(c) Behaving politely.
(d) Engaging in political conversation.

13. On the day that the family makes their move from Slocan, which family member disappears in the night?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Father.
(d) Obasan.

14. What part of the swamp animal's body is broken when Naomi takes it home?
(a) Its wing.
(b) Its neck.
(c) Its leg.
(d) Its back.

15. When Naomi remembers the chicks of her childhood, what does she contemplate about them?
(a) Why they grew up.
(b) Why they couldn't fly.
(c) Why they changed color.
(d) Why they were eaten by the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Naomi still in contact from her Slocan community?

2. What is the board game that Stephen played with while he was growing up?

3. What does Stephen accidentally break during his family's goodbye party?

4. Which of the following are NOT harvested in the Nakane garden?

5. Which of the following is the family NOT allowed to bring with them when they move from Slocan?

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