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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would older boys at Rohwer play?
(a) Speed racers.
(b) War.
(c) Cops and robbers.
(d) Cowboys and indians.

3. Who fell asleep first on the ride back to the camp after visiting a farm?
(a) George.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Fumiko.

4. What did Fumiko wear on her head when they went out of the camp?
(a) Sun bonnet.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Straw hat.
(d) Turban.

5. What age did the Japanese-Americans have to be to complete a questionaire that was passed out on page 114?
(a) 20 or older.
(b) 18 or older.
(c) 21 or older.
(d) 17 or older.

6. What did Japanese men have to do who were in the army at the time Pearl Harbor was bombed?
(a) Serve in prisons.
(b) Leave the military.
(c) Be transferred to stateside jobs.
(d) Surrender their weapons.

7. On page 96, how many miles an hour did Takekuma drive when he took his family outside the camp?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

8. On page 154, how many Japanese Americans at Tule Lake gave up their American citizenship?
(a) 1,000s.
(b) 1,230.
(c) 100s.
(d) 1,540.

9. How many days after Hiroshima was bombed was Nagasaki also bombed?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

11. For their first Christmas Eve dinner at the camp, what did everyone have for dessert?
(a) White cake.
(b) Chocolate chip cookies.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Ice cream sundaes.

12. What did George and Henry catch on page 81?
(a) Firefly.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Squirrel.

13. What did Herbert Nicholson take from the camp to get help?
(a) Sick woman.
(b) Sick child.
(c) Sick cat.
(d) Sick dog.

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

15. What did some boys say a magic word was?
(a) Kailua Beach.
(b) Poipu Beach.
(c) Sakana Beach.
(d) Lanikai Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did everyone do while they waited for Santa the first Christmas at the camp?

2. What were the names of two boys who wanted to tell George and Henry a magic word?

3. What questions on a questionaire on page 114 were particularly contentious?

4. On page 102, who was the first to get hit by a snowball?

5. When did George remember seeing the real Santa?

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