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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Sunny when she started trying to translate her mother's writings by translating from French to English and deciphering her mother's handwriting?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

2. What does Rocky like to do on Sundays when he sits in the portales?
(a) Make chairs.
(b) Make boots.
(c) Whittle.
(d) Tan hides.

3. How long has Tom Mix been coming to the Valley to make his movies?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1930s.

4. How does Sunny keep herself busy after the news of the bombing at Pearl Harbor?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Reading.
(c) Making phone calls.
(d) Going to town with her father.

5. How tall is Cas?
(a) 6 feet 3 inches.
(b) 5 feet 2 inches.
(c) 5 feet 10 inches.
(d) 5 feet 5 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Schiff learn what aspic is?

2. According to Rev. Leslie, the Methodists minister, how long ago did most people leave the Valley?

3. How thick were the walls in the first adboe dwelling Rocky entered?

4. Why is Lt. Jay Svevo late arriving in Lone Pine to work with Schiff?

5. How many hours a day do stoop laborers work picking things like strawberries, tomatoes, melons, spinach, cotton, or rice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Within hours of arriving in Lone Pine, what progress does Lt. Jay Svevo make?

2. How is Rocky tracking the water table on his land?

3. What has Schiff read about the Central Valley in California?

4. What would have been Schiff's dream job?

5. Why did the twins go to Europe and what did they do there?

6. What does Sunny do after learning about the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

7. What does Schiff tell Sunny about his mother's cooking?

8. Why is Schiff in California?

9. Why is Schiff invited to dinner at Three Chairs?

10. After Schiff signs the requisitions for 200 people to start work on Manzanar, why is he worried about where to put them and how does Jay solve that problem?

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