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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did President Roosevelt give men of the 442nd a metal?
(a) July 1, 1946.
(b) July 19, 1946.
(c) July 15, 1946.
(d) July 4, 1946.

2. What did George say that seeing snow felt like?
(a) Riding a ferris wheel.
(b) Being rich.
(c) Magic.
(d) Being home.

3. What sound on page 105 indicated that Santa was coming?
(a) Sound of hooves.
(b) Jingle jingle.
(c) Noise on the roof.
(d) Ho ho ho.

4. When was a special all-Nisei military unit created?
(a) Early 1943.
(b) Late 1943.
(c) Winter 1943.
(d) Spring 1943.

5. What movie did George remember watching on page 131?
(a) Adventures of Red Ryder.
(b) 20 Mule Team.
(c) Billy the Kid in Texas.
(d) The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

6. What was the last name of the boys who wanted George and Henry to yell words at the guards?
(a) Chiyotanda.
(b) Asato.
(c) Fujisaki.
(d) Nakayama.

7. When was Hiroshima bombed?
(a) August 1945.
(b) September 1945.
(c) June 1945.
(d) November 1945.

8. What did Takekuma use to take his family outside the camp on page 92?
(a) Truck.
(b) Jeep.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Dodge.

9. When did H.R. 4103 come before the Senate?
(a) June 11, 1944.
(b) June 9, 1944,
(c) June 23, 1944.
(d) June 2, 1944.

10. What was the first thing that made George think that the Santa on page 107 was not real?
(a) Phony boots.
(b) Phony hair.
(c) Phony belly.
(d) Phony beard.

11. What senator said that the Japanese "cannot be assimilated" (111)?
(a) Alben W. Barkley.
(b) Tom Stewart.
(c) Joseph F. Guffey.
(d) Ellison D. Smith.

12. Where was a special all-Nisei military unit created?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

13. When were the men of the 442nd who were sent to Bavaria as prisoners liberated?
(a) February 1945.
(b) January 1945.
(c) March 1945.
(d) April 1945.

14. What general said that "A Jap is a Jap" (111)?
(a) Gustav J. Braun, Jr.
(b) John L. Dewitt.
(c) William Orlando Darby.
(d) James Leo Dalton II.

15. At its peak, how many internees were held at Tule Lake?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 21,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 15,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days of fighting did it take the 442nd to break in and rescue men?

2. Who fell asleep first on the ride back to the camp after visiting a farm?

3. What would older boys at Rohwer play?

4. How many rooms were in the Takei's cabin at Tule Lake?

5. When was the Takei family relocated to another internment camp?

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