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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl throw out the train window?
(a) An apple core.
(b) A magazine.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) A pillow.

2. What does the girl's brother want to be when he grows up?
(a) A jockey.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A professor.

3. What treat does the hardware store owner give to the woman for her children?
(a) Baseball cards.
(b) Candy.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Bubble gum.

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

5. The girl remembers a vacation to the location in #47 where she had _____________ for dinner every night.
(a) Lobster.
(b) Steak.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Spaghetti.

6. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?
(a) Daily.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Bi-weekly.

7. What wakes the people who are sleeping on the train?
(a) The screeching of brakes.
(b) A brick thrown through the window.
(c) A gun shot.
(d) The train's whistle.

8. The girl and boy work together on a drawing of __________________.
(a) their father.
(b) their house.
(c) their school.
(d) their cat.

9. What does the girl throw out the train window?
(a) Ribbon.
(b) Cup.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Book.

10. Sometimes the boy thinks he is dreaming and will wake up to see his father ____________________.
(a) washing the car.
(b) mowing the lawn.
(c) cooking breakfast.
(d) reading the newspaper.

11. People of which descent are to be relocated?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Korean.

12. In which city do the passengers disembark from the train?
(a) Lenexa, Kansas.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Butte, Montana.
(d) Delta, Utah.

13. What does the woman in #70 do when she sees the boy's mother one day?
(a) Bows deeply before her.
(b) Carries her bucket of water for her.
(c) Spits on her.
(d) Walks the other way.

14. What item does the woman search for in town but all the stores are sold out?
(a) Garment bags.
(b) Packing tape.
(c) Tissue paper.
(d) Duffel Bags.

15. Who is the only one of his friends who writes to the boy?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Ted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do with the cat since pets are not permitted at the internment camp?

2. The girl tells the man in #42 that her father is being held in which state?

3. What does the boy sometimes wonder about why his father was sent away and the rest of the family sent to the desert?

4. What is stamped on the husband's letters to his wife?

5. The woman eventually buys tape and _______________ at the hardware store.

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