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

2. Who taught George and Henry to roll a ball for a snowman?
(a) Takekuma.
(b) Boys at the camp.
(c) Girls at the camp.
(d) Fumiko.

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

4. What did Herbert Nicholson take from the camp to get help?
(a) Sick woman.
(b) Sick dog.
(c) Sick child.
(d) Sick cat.

5. What did George and Henry think an animal that they saw was when they were on a drive outside the camp?
(a) Lion.
(b) Big foot.
(c) Bear.
(d) Dinosaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Takei family relocated to another internment camp?

2. How many men did the 442nd rescue?

3. On page 119, how many casulties did the 442nd suffer?

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

5. For their first Christmas Eve dinner at the camp, what did everyone have for dessert?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Santa Claus arrive at the camp?

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

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

4. How was Tule Lake different than Rohwer?

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

6. What was a benshi?

7. What was H.R. 4103?

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

9. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

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

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