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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 woman do with the cat since pets are not permitted at the internment camp?
(a) She takes it to a shelter.
(b) She lets it run away.
(c) She gives it to their minister.
(d) She gives it to the neighbor.

2. The woman packs away comics and _______________ in her son's room.
(a) toys.
(b) sports equipment.
(c) trophies.
(d) video games.

3. The girl tells the man in #42 that her father is being held in which state?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Arizona.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Kansas.

4. The children and their mother live in a single room in ___________________.
(a) a tar-papered barracks.
(b) a convention center.
(c) a dormitory.
(d) an old motel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal element from his father did the boy save?

2. The train the family is on is bound for _______________.

3. What does the mother recall that she had been too tired to get the father the night he was taken away?

4. When had the woman's husband been arrested?

5. What job does the mother ultimately get?

(see the answer key)

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