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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. Why is one of the camp residents beaten one night?
(a) For destroying property.
(b) For trying to escape.
(c) For being a suspected FBI informant.
(d) For stealing food.

2. Who buries the boy's pet tortoise?
(a) A guard.
(b) The sister.
(c) The boy.
(d) The mother.

3. Because his father is listed as a dangerous enemy alien, the boy envisions him as ___________________.
(a) an Old West outlaw.
(b) a spy.
(c) a space creature.
(d) a Russian.

4. In what city does the family live?
(a) Berkeley, California.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Portland, Maine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the family been gone from its home?

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

3. What news arrives via telegram one day?

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

5. What does the girl remember doing with her father in the early mornings?

(see the answer key)

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