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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 of fighting did it take the 442nd to break in and rescue men?

2. When were the men of the 442nd who were sent to Bavaria as prisoners liberated?

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

4. When did President Roosevelt give men of the 442nd a metal?

5. When the Takei family left Camp Rohwer, how long were they told it would take to reach Tule Lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Takekuma and Fumiko answer no on questions 27 and 28 on a questionaire from the U.S. government?

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

3. When did Santa Claus arrive at the camp?

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

5. What were the actions of the 442nd and what did they suffer?

6. What was a benshi?

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

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

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

10. Who was Herbert Nicholson?

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

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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