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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. Anna is enrolled in Oneonta _______ school when she arrives in Los Angeles during this point of the story.
(a) Prep.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Missionary.
(d) Girls.

2. John Barrows decides to choose Joseph as his ___________, in order to watch over the other internees.
(a) Assistant.
(b) Student.
(c) Partner.
(d) Friend.

3. At this point of the story, Joseph becomes involved in the business of _________, including yen trading.
(a) Currency.
(b) Banking.
(c) Smuggling.
(d) Marketing.

4. The only news that anyone receives when they are in the camp is the ________ Times and a Russian radio station.
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Washington.
(d) Shanghai.

5. What is the last name of the family that is featured in this story?
(a) Schoene.
(b) Schone.
(c) Scone.
(d) Shone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna get to drink on the morning of her seventh birthday?

2. Who becomes sick at night with a fever causing Joseph to apologize for the way that he behaved that day?

3. Joseph tells Anna that no matter what happens with Japan, they will be safe in the ______________.

4. In January, 1940, what do Joseph and Will Marsh find on the way to the theater?

5. Prisoners can only leave the camp, for the most part, if they are near _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the United States government tell Americans in Shanghai to do when things become more violent?

2. What does Joseph tell Anna he does with the Japanese yen that she finds in a closet?

3. What happens when Anna and Joseph go to meet up with the servant, Mei Wah, in front of the hotel?

4. What does Joseph do with Anna when they go to the Foreign Correspondents Club on Saturday mornings?

5. What does Joseph do in order to find comfort and in order to stay focused when at the internment camp?

6. What does Joseph feel about his money making opportunities outside of Shanghai?

7. Why does Gran tell Anna that things will get better, after Anna and her mother have moved to California?

8. Why are Anna and Joseph in Hsin Hung Chong during this part of the story?

9. What does Genevieve do on Anna's seventh birthday, as described in this section of the book?

10. What do the men at the internment camp find out about the Japanese?

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