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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Takekuma tell George that keton meant?
(a) Sons of bitches.
(b) Filthy pigs.
(c) Dirty dogs.
(d) Hairy breed.

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

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

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

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

6. On page 136, what was the English translation for what a man called another?
(a) Pig.
(b) Dog.
(c) Beast.
(d) Bitch.

7. When did George remember seeing the real Santa?
(a) When he was 2.
(b) Last year.
(c) When he was 3.
(d) 2 years ago.

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

9. When was it decreed that Japanese could service in the U.S. military?
(a) January 11, 1943.
(b) February 3, 1943.
(c) March 12, 1943.
(d) December 29, 1942.

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

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

12. On page 102, who was the first to get hit by a snowball?
(a) Takekuma.
(b) George.
(c) Henry.
(d) Fumiko.

13. What injury did Senator Daniel K. Inouye receive when he fought with the 442nd?
(a) Lost his right foot.
(b) Lost his right arm.
(c) Lost his left arm.
(d) Lost his left foot.

14. How many men from the 442nd were sent to Bavaria as prisoners?
(a) 28.
(b) 42.
(c) 56.
(d) 39.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Henry woke on page 109, what did he see?

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

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

4. What type of hat did Fumiko give Takekuma when they were driving outside the camp?

5. What animals did George and Henry see when they drove outside of camp?

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