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

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

3. From what bookstore did a man bring books to the camps?
(a) Vroman's.
(b) Barnes's.
(c) Wilkerson's.
(d) Anderson's.

4. What animals did George and Henry see when they drove outside of camp?
(a) Deer.
(b) Horses and cows.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Pigs and chickens.

5. What did some boys say a magic word was?
(a) Kailua Beach.
(b) Lanikai Beach.
(c) Sakana Beach.
(d) Poipu Beach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did President Roosevelt give men of the 442nd a metal?

3. For their first Christmas Eve dinner at the camp, what did everyone have to eat?

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

5. When the Takei family left Camp Rohwer, how long were they told it would take to reach Tule Lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the internees later feel shame about their experiences?

2. What medal were men of the 442nd given at first and when did they receive another medal?

3. How did George and Henry feel when they saw a hog on a farm?

4. What happened in August of 1945 and how did Japanese-Americans feel about it?

5. Why did Fumiko not like living by the mess hall at Tule Lake?

6. What were the actions of the 442nd and what did they suffer?

7. What happened when George said the words that Chevy and Ford taught him?

8. Were was the Takei family transferred in May of 1944 and why?

9. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

10. What special dinner was served at the camp on Christmas Eve?

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