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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. What does Genevieve do that causes them to make plans to move to Los Angeles?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Divorces Joseph.
(c) Packs her bags.
(d) Buys tickets.

2. What does Anna find in the closet when she goes off to explore, bored with drawing maps?
(a) Japanese yen.
(b) Pictures.
(c) United States dollars.
(d) A bible.

3. Gran always buys how many books a week for Anna to read so that she can learn to read more easily?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Where are Anna and her father supposed to meet their servant?
(a) Park Hotel.
(b) At home.
(c) The main fountain.
(d) The school yard.

5. What is the name of the family's favorite eating place where Joseph takes Anna?
(a) Billy's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Joe's.
(d) Don's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anna decide to hide the yen note she finds on the floor?

2. Joseph is moved to the ______ hotel, where he learns that all foreigner assets have been frozen, as well as bank accounts.

3. What is the name of the better quarters in which Joseph and the other leaders are housed?

4. What did the Japanese want from Joseph? They wanted him to be a ___________.

5. What do Genevieve and Anna notice when they are shopping in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two men that are put in charge of two different groups of internees at the camp?

2. What does Joseph tell Anna about Japan when she asks him to point out the words on the world globe?

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

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

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

6. What do the men attempt to do in order to help the internees have what they need?

7. What does Joseph do in his office once he realizes that he might be in danger with this new political climate?

8. What happens to the city after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 8?

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

10. What is the only thing that Joseph says about his time being kidnapped?

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