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

3. How many children did Mrs. Takahashi have to care for on her own at Rohwer?

4. Where was George's mother born?

5. When did George's father tell him and his brother as he was packing and they needed to get ready to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was George's father history?

3. When was a curfew established and what were the penalties for breaking the curfew?

4. What was Executive Order 9066?

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

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

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

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

9. How were the Takei family taken to their quarters at the internment camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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