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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 does the mother have a hard time finding a job?
(a) She is limited because she has no car.
(b) There are no jobs due to bad economy.
(c) She is too old.
(d) Most people will not hire Japanese people.

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

3. What do the girl and her brother hope to see on their journey?
(a) Cowboys.
(b) Horses.
(c) Buffalos.
(d) Indians.

4. What news arrives via telegram one day?
(a) The father is dead.
(b) The father is very ill.
(c) The father is returning.
(d) The father has been sent to Japan.

5. The train the family is on is bound for _______________.
(a) Kansas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Utah.
(d) Minnesota.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it as the girl, her brother and mother are on a train?

2. Why can the father not work in the company he had worked for before?

3. Why does the boy's sister wear a Panama hat?

4. What does a little girl offer to give the girl on the train?

5. Why can the father not find a new job?

(see the answer key)

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