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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Japanese were living in the U.S. in 1941?

2. What was the train ride like for Takekuma and Fumiko?

3. When he started to get back on the train on page 47, what did George touch that was hot?

4. When George's father said that he had to help his family get ready, how much time was he allowed?

5. Who married George's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fumiko keep herself busy on the train and why?

2. What did Fletcher Bowron, mayor of Los Angeles, testify about the Japanese?

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

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

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

6. How did George's parents feel about their new living conditions?

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

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

9. In the spring of 1942, why had many Japanese already lost much of what they owned?

10. When was a curfew established and what were the penalties for breaking the curfew?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George Takei wrote They Called Us Enemy. Why did Takei write the book?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of They Called Us Enemy, and how does it affect what readers think of George and the story he tells?

Essay Topic 3

Later in life, George realized that his memories of the internment camp were different from the memories his parents had. Why were their memories different? Did George’s memories misrepresent the truth?

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