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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. When was the Takei family taken from Santa Ana to a train?

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

3. Where was George's mother born?

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

5. Where were George's parents married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Wha happened on the second day that the Takei family were on the train?

3. What was Executive Order 9066?

4. How did George's mother make the trip unforgettable for the boys?

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

6. Where was the internment camp that the Takei family was taken to and what was it called?

7. When was the Takei family removed from there home and where were they taken?

8. What was George's father history?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many detainees struggled with how to answer a loyalty questionnaire. Why did the loyalty questionnaire cause a moral dilemma for many of the detainees?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The Takeis were taken to Camp Rohwer by train. What was the train ride like for George and Henry? What was the ride like for Fumiko and Takekuma? How does perspective affect how events are perceived?

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