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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. The girl remembers a vacation to the location in #47 where she had _____________ for dinner every night.
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Steak.
(d) Lobster.

2. Soldiers return home from the war with stories of _______________________.
(a) their comrades.
(b) starvation.
(c) atrocities in Japanese prison camps.
(d) heroism.

3. The girl and boy work together on a drawing of __________________.
(a) their house.
(b) their cat.
(c) their father.
(d) their school.

4. Which religion can the detainees not practice?
(a) Shinto.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Catholicism.

5. What is scattered all over the house?
(a) Dust balls.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Grass clippings.
(d) Broken glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news arrives via telegram one day?

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

3. What does someone throw through a window of the house one night?

4. What month is it as the girl, her brother and mother are on a train?

5. Which one in the family is a good artist?

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