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

2. What were the names of two boys who wanted to tell George and Henry a magic word?
(a) Mercedes and Dodge.
(b) Bob and Bill.
(c) Ford and Chevy.
(d) Mike and Dan.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the men of the 442nd who were sent to Bavaria as prisoners liberated?

2. What did George and Henry catch on page 81?

3. How many of the internees held at Tule Lake were children?

4. What did Herbert Nicholson take from the camp to get help?

5. When were the segregated soliders of the 442nd sent to break through German lines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were the only terms under which some of the young men would fight, and what happened to them because of their stand?

6. What did George's father tell him about Santa Claus's arrival on page 103?

7. What did Chevy and Ford tell George and Henry?

8. What was a benshi?

9. What was H.R. 4103?

10. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

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