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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 woman's husband had first been taken to Montana and then to ________________.
(a) Colorado.
(b) Texas.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Iowa.

2. Why did a guard kill one of the internees one night?
(a) He said the man was trying to escape.
(b) He said the man attacked him with a knife.
(c) He said the man was going to shoot into the camp.
(d) He said the man was going to shoot him.

3. Who was the boy's next door friend back home?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Sara.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Vince.

4. What does the mother caution her children about?
(a) Their father will not be as happy as he once was.
(b) All their belongings have been sold.
(c) They will not be living in the same house.
(d) Many people will not be happy to see them return.

5. Where does the boy find his sister in the middle of the night one night?
(a) Crying by the fence.
(b) Digging in the dirt with a spoon.
(c) Reading with a flashlight.
(d) Dancing in the moonlight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy's sister make him do when she changes clothes?

2. What happens to the family in Chapter 4?

3. The boy shows his sister a book about ________________.

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

5. Because his father is listed as a dangerous enemy alien, the boy envisions him as ___________________.

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