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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. On page 70, what did Fumiko sew?

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

3. Under what order did George and his family have to leave their home?

4. What California politician got behind the movement to lock up the Japanese in 1941?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was George's father history?

5. What did George touch on page 47, and what reaction did he get?

6. What was Executive Order 9066?

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

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

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

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

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

After Pearl Harbor was bombed, government officials wanted to lock up anyone of Japanese descent. Were any trials held to see if the Japanese who were interned were spies? Was the internment constitutional? In what way was the internment unjust?

Essay Topic 3

After Pearl Harbor was bombed, there were many conflicts between Japanese-Americans and other Americans. How did conflict affect George and others in the book? Were the conflicts mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Were they internal or external conflicts?

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