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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. Why was Mr. Yasuda arrested?

2. On page 46, how many internment sites were shown?

3. How many blocks did Rohwer have?

4. What did George's sister's middle name mean?

5. In 1942, how far could Japanes Americans travel from their resident or place of employment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the journey to the internment camp different for the boys than for the grownups?

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

4. What was George's mother's history?

5. What discussions did George used to have with his father when he was a teenager?

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

7. What was Camp Rohwer like and how many did it house at its peak?

8. What did Fumiko bring that was forbidden and why?

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

10. What happened to the Takei family after they were at the racetrack for a while?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book takes places in several different locations. How are the settings in the book presented? Are the settings a neutral background, not import to the retelling of historical events, or do the settings have the importance of a person in 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

The detainees were asked to complete a loyalty questionnaire. What questions were asked in the loyalty questionnaire? What two questions were particularly contentious? What did those questions and the questionnaire convey about hypocrisy?

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