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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 119, how many casulties did the 442nd suffer?
(a) 912.
(b) About 700.
(c) 641.
(d) Over 800.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When did the Takei family arrive at Tule Lake?
(a) May 20, 1944.
(b) May 14, 1944.
(c) May 31, 1944.
(d) May 17, 1944.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 106, what did one child do when Santa came?

3. Where was the 1st Batalion, 141st Regiment of the 36th Texas Division cut off from supplies?

4. Were were men who refused to fight if they could not sign up at their local draft board and their families be freed sent?

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

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