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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. Where did the family go when they drove outside of the camp?
(a) A farm.
(b) A lake.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A library.

2. What president later upgraded the medal that the men of the 442nd received?
(a) Ford.
(b) Regan.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Carter.

3. What did George and Henry catch on page 81?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Firefly.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Squirrel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after Hiroshima was bombed was Nagasaki also bombed?

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

3. How many days of fighting did it take the 442nd to break in and rescue men?

4. When Henry woke on page 109, what did he see?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

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

4. Why did Takekuma and Fumiko answer no on questions 27 and 28 on a questionaire from the U.S. government?

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

6. Where did the Takei family go in a Jeep on page 97?

7. How was Tule Lake different than Rohwer?

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

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

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

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