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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. Who taught George and Henry to roll a ball for a snowman?

2. How many men from the 442nd were sent to Bavaria as prisoners?

3. How often would Herbert Nicholson deliver books to the camps?

4. What did George and Henry catch on page 81?

5. What senator said that the Japanese "cannot be assimilated" (111)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did George and Henry have to explore at the camp?

2. When did Santa Claus arrive at the camp?

3. Why did the internees later feel shame about their experiences?

4. What was a benshi?

5. What was H.R. 4103?

6. What were the only terms under which some of the young men would fight, and what happened to them because of their stand?

7. Were was the Takei family transferred in May of 1944 and why?

8. Where did the Takei family go in a Jeep on page 97?

9. What did Chevy and Ford tell George and Henry?

10. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The detainees were asked to complete a loyalty questionnaire. What questions were asked in the loyalty questionnaire? What two questions were particularly contentious? What did those questions and the questionnaire convey about hypocrisy?

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

The Nakayama boys encouraged Henry to shout some words at soldiers. How did the Nakayama boys get Henry to yell some words at soldiers? How did the Nakayama boys manipulate George to get him to do what they wanted?

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