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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the 1st Batalion, 141st Regiment of the 36th Texas Division cut off from supplies?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

2. How many men did the 442nd rescue?
(a) 308.
(b) 194.
(c) 211.
(d) 291.

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

4. When was Santa supposed to come for the first Christmas at the camp?
(a) After breakfast on Christmas morning.
(b) Noon on Christmas Day.
(c) After dark on Christmas Eve.
(d) Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas morning.

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

6. On page 118, how many missions had been sent to retrieve a lost batalion?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

7. When Henry woke on page 109, what did he see?
(a) His mother crying.
(b) His dad throwing things.
(c) His mother walking the floor with his sister.
(d) Henry throwing up.

8. How long was the Takei family at Rohwer?
(a) 1 year and 7 months.
(b) 1 year and 11 months.
(c) 1 year and 8 months.
(d) 1 year and 2 months.

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

10. How many rooms were in the Takei's cabin at Tule Lake?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

11. When were the segregated soliders of the 442nd sent to break through German lines?
(a) October 30, 1944.
(b) October 1, 1944.
(c) October 13, 1944.
(d) October 26, 1944.

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

13. What were the names of two boys who wanted to tell George and Henry a magic word?
(a) Ford and Chevy.
(b) Mike and Dan.
(c) Bob and Bill.
(d) Mercedes and Dodge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second thing that made George think that the Santa on page 107 was not real?

2. What medal did the men of the 442nd receive from President Roosevelt?

3. When did H.R. 4103 come before the Senate?

4. From what bookstore did a man bring books to the camps?

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

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