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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did George's parents meet?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1939.

2. Under what order did George and his family have to leave their home?
(a) 8134.
(b) 7192.
(c) 9066.
(d) 6387.

3. Where was George's mother born?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Utah.

4. On page 52, what did George see advertised on a billboard?
(a) The Texas Steakhouse.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Chevrolet.
(d) Ford.

5. When was the Takei family taken from Santa Ana to a train?
(a) September 30, 1942.
(b) October 2, 1942.
(c) October 24, 1942.
(d) September 3, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who got motion sickness on the train ride?

2. On page 70, what did Fumiko sew?

3. Where was George's father born?

4. Where did George's mother go to school?

5. When did George's father tell him and his brother as he was packing and they needed to get ready to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Takei family taken to their quarters at the internment camp?

2. How was the journey to the internment camp different for the boys than for the grownups?

3. What happened throughout the spring of 1942 to those of Japanese ancestry?

4. What was George's mother's history?

5. Why was a representative needed for the community, and how did Takekuma become that representative?

6. What sound did the boys hear when they were dropped off at their block, and what did a boy tell them about the sound?

7. What was Executive Order 9066?

8. What happened on December 7, 1941, and what did it mean?

9. Wha happened on the second day that the Takei family were on the train?

10. What discussions did George used to have with his father when he was a teenager?

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