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

2. Why is the family afraid to sleep in the house?
(a) There is no privacy as all the drapes have been stolen.
(b) They have heard about a rash of burglaries in the area.
(c) They think someone will come to harm them.
(d) The locks on the doors are all gone.

3. What has happened to the family possessions locked away in a room of the house?
(a) They are all broken.
(b) They are all there.
(c) They have been stolen.
(d) Most of the items are there.

4. How many of the camp's residents freeze to death in the sub-zero weather?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 22.

5. Who is the old woman who sometimes thinks she hears her mother calling her?
(a) Mrs. Satou.
(b) Mrs. Yamamoto.
(c) Mrs. Takahashi.
(d) Mrs. Kato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes the boy thinks he is dreaming and will wake up to see his father ____________________.

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

3. Where do the woman and her children have to report the next morning?

4. When the boy listens to the radio at night, he imagines himself to be ______________________.

5. What advice does the boy receive from his father in a letter?

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