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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What questions on a questionaire on page 114 were particularly contentious?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 27 and 28.
(c) 18 and 19.
(d) 1 and 2.

3. When the Takei family left Camp Rohwer, how long were they told it would take to reach Tule Lake?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

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

6. What does George's mother say that Sakana means?
(a) Fish.
(b) Dog.
(c) River.
(d) Cat.

7. On page 101, how often had George seen snow?
(a) Three times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Once.
(d) Never.

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

9. What medal did the men of the 442nd receive from President Roosevelt?
(a) Distinguished Service Cross.
(b) Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
(c) Congressional Medal of Honor.
(d) Silver Star.

10. When was the Takei family relocated to another internment camp?
(a) May 9, 1944.
(b) May 13, 1944.
(c) May 1, 1944.
(d) May 30, 1944.

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

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

13. When was H.R. 4103 passed in the House?
(a) February 23, 1944.
(b) February 1, 1944.
(c) February 20, 1944.
(d) February 17, 1944.

14. What type of hat did Fumiko give Takekuma when they were driving outside the camp?
(a) Ball cap.
(b) Straw hat.
(c) Bowler.
(d) Boater.

15. How often would Herbert Nicholson deliver books to the camps?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Each month.
(d) Every three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught George and Henry to roll a ball for a snowman?

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

3. How many layers of barbed wire were on the barbed-wire fence at Tule Lake?

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

5. What general said that "A Jap is a Jap" (111)?

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