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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 does the girl see in the moonlight when she looks out the train window?
(a) Campfires.
(b) Mustangs.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Cars.

2. What does the girl throw out the train window?
(a) Book.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Cup.
(d) Ribbon.

3. Who is the mother's former housekeeper who is also at the camp?
(a) Mrs. Itou
(b) Mrs. Kobayashi
(c) Mrs. Ueno.
(d) Mrs. Saitou

4. What does a soldier tell the occupants of the train to do while they pass through a town in Nevada?
(a) Stop talking.
(b) Sing Japanese songs.
(c) Wave to the townspeople.
(d) Pull down the window shades.

5. What does the boy listen to on the radio at night?
(a) Hit Parade music show.
(b) Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show.
(c) The Little Orphan Annie Show.
(d) War reports.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the father's attitude now?

3. At the internment camp in Utah, the boy thinks he sees _______________ everywhere.

4. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?

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

(see the answer key)

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