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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 In a Stranger's Backyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the money from the house rental?
(a) There was never any rent money.
(b) It is in an envelope in a cupboard.
(c) The lawyer took it.
(d) It is in a bank account.

2. What does the mother tell the boy they will do when the war is over?
(a) Go to the Grand Canyon.
(b) Go to Disneyland.
(c) Go home.
(d) Go to Japan.

3. The image on the back of a playing card the girl sees is _____________________.
(a) The Grand Canyon.
(b) The Statue of Liberty.
(c) Yosemite National Park.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

4. What is the father's attitude now?
(a) Content with his life.
(b) Bitter toward the world.
(c) Anxious to rebuild his life.
(d) Joyful at the chance to travel again.

5. Which one in the family is a good artist?
(a) The mother.
(b) The father.
(c) The girl.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of his father's does the boy have with him?

2. What did the family live in while at the Tanforan Racetrack?

3. Which magazine shows images from the war?

4. What does the boy sometimes wonder about why his father was sent away and the rest of the family sent to the desert?

5. The family learns that a possible reason they had not received mail from friends is because ____________________.

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