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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 type of hat did Fumiko give Takekuma when they were driving outside the camp?

2. How many days after Hiroshima was bombed was Nagasaki also bombed?

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

4. From what bookstore did a man bring books to the camps?

5. When was H.R. 4103 passed in the House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Daniel K. Inouye?

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

3. What was exciting to George when winter arrived?

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

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

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

7. What special dinner was served at the camp on Christmas Eve?

8. What was a benshi?

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

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

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

George’s father was a strong supporter of American democracy. Why was George’s father such a strong supporter of American democracy? Why was it ironic that he defended American democracy?

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