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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. How do the people in #7 know they are to be relocated?
(a) They are visited by authorities.
(b) They get a telegram.
(c) There are signs posted.
(d) They got a letter.

2. The family learns that a possible reason they had not received mail from friends is because ____________________.
(a) postage costs were too prohibitive.
(b) they did not know where to address the letters.
(c) the mailman told them it was a crime to send letters to internees.
(d) there was a shortage of stationery items during the war.

3. The hardware store owner compliments the woman on her ___________________.
(a) new hat.
(b) new home.
(c) new glasses.
(d) new hairstyle.

4. At the internment camp in Utah, the boy thinks he sees _______________ everywhere.
(a) his best friend.
(b) horses.
(c) cowboys.
(d) his father.

5. What had the person in #86 given to the boy when he left home?
(a) A book.
(b) A blue stone.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl throw out the train window?

2. Which of the following does the girl NOT do on the train trip?

3. What beverage does the woman drink before hiding the bottle in the basement?

4. What does the boy imagine doing with his father when his father returns?

5. Who was the boy's next door friend back home?

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