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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 many days after Hiroshima was bombed was Nagasaki also bombed?

2. When were the segregated soliders of the 442nd sent to break through German lines?

3. What president later upgraded the medal that the men of the 442nd received?

4. What age did the Japanese-Americans have to be to complete a questionaire that was passed out on page 114?

5. On page 96, how many miles an hour did Takekuma drive when he took his family outside the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

3. What happened in August of 1945 and how did Japanese-Americans feel about it?

4. Why did George think the Santa Claus that came to the camp was not the real Santa Claus?

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

6. How did George and Henry feel when they saw a hog on a farm?

7. Who was Herbert Nicholson?

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

9. What medal were men of the 442nd given at first and when did they receive another medal?

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

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, 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 3

George had a strong relationship with his father. How would you describe the relationship between George and his father? How did the relationship help George become the man he grew up to be?

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