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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman fix for dinner?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Stew.
(c) Steak.
(d) Pork.

2. What does the boy sometimes wonder about why his father was sent away and the rest of the family sent to the desert?
(a) If his father didn't love him anymore.
(b) If the boy did something wrong.
(c) If his father was really sick.
(d) If his father and mother were divorced.

3. What does the boy listen to on the radio at night?
(a) Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show.
(b) The Little Orphan Annie Show.
(c) War reports.
(d) Hit Parade music show.

4. The girl tells the man in #42 that her father is being held in which state?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Kansas.

5. What did the family live in while at the Tanforan Racetrack?
(a) Trailer.
(b) Horse stall.
(c) Tent.
(d) Shed.

6. Which religion can the detainees not practice?
(a) Shinto.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

7. At the internment camp in Utah, the boy thinks he sees _______________ everywhere.
(a) his best friend.
(b) his father.
(c) cowboys.
(d) horses.

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

9. The boy shows his sister a book about ________________.
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Canada.

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

11. The story is told about the period of _________________.
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

12. What does the woman do to the old dog she has fed?
(a) Gives it to the neighbors.
(b) Smashes it in the head with a shovel.
(c) Takes it to a shelter.
(d) Lets it sleep in the house.

13. The girl has a collection of __________________ from her father.
(a) newspaper articles.
(b) postcards.
(c) ribbons.
(d) match books.

14. Which of the following is NOT true about the family's experience at Tanforan Racetrack?
(a) They ate out of horse troughs.
(b) The horse stalls had linoleum floors.
(c) The flies were really bad.
(d) They slept on mattresses stuffed with straw.

15. Which one in the family is a good artist?
(a) The boy.
(b) The mother.
(c) The girl.
(d) The father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the girl not eat the oranges on the train?

2. What beverage does the woman drink before hiding the bottle in the basement?

3. Which of the following does the boy's mother NOT warn him about?

4. What had the person in #86 given to the boy when he left home?

5. Who is the mother's former housekeeper who is also at the camp?

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