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

2. What song was being played when George's family put up their Christmas tree on December 7, 1941?

3. What was the train ride like for George and Henry?

4. On what show was George an actor?

5. As a teenager, when did George remember having many conversations with his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Executive Order 9066?

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

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

4. Who was Earl Warren and what was his role in having the Japanese interred?

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

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

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

8. What was George's father history?

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

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

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?

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

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

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