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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 old was the firstborn child of George's parents when he died?

2. Which of George's family member immigrated to the United States?

3. Where were the Takei family taken when they arrived at the internment camp?

4. Where was the internment camp that the Takei family was taken?

5. Where were most of the Japanese Americans from at Rohwer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Executive Order 9066?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Many Japanese-Americans were haunted by the shame of the internment camps. Why did Japanese-Americans feel shame for being in the camps? Was it their fault that they were interred? Who should have felt shame for the situation?

Essay Topic 3

George believed that there were patriots who fought and patriots who did not. What were two groups of people that George believed were patriots? Why did he believe those who fought and those who protested were both patriots?

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