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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main story of newspapers during this time?
(a) Taxes.
(b) The war.
(c) Cotton prices.
(d) Political election.

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

4. Who is the Japanese Emperor?
(a) Hirohito.
(b) Tanaka.
(c) Watanabe.
(d) Nakamura.

5. What season is it when the story begins?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

7. What does the boy's father say is the thing he likes most about America?
(a) Vacations.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Jelly donuts.
(d) Picnics.

8. Why does the boy's sister wear a Panama hat?
(a) So people will talk about her.
(b) So people won't recognize her.
(c) So she feels very stylish.
(d) So her face won't get too tan.

9. What does the boy's mother ration?
(a) Lemons.
(b) Facial cream.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Coffee.

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

11. What snack does the woman give her children after school?
(a) Carrot sticks and cheese chunks.
(b) Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.
(c) Apples and barley water.
(d) Cookies.

12. Who took the boy's father away in the middle of the night?
(a) The local police.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The CIA.

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

14. Why has the girl still not written to her father?
(a) Because every day seems like the next.
(b) Because it is hard to get paper.
(c) Because she is too sad.
(d) Because she is not sure what to say.

15. Which magazine shows images from the war?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) Look.
(d) Newsweek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When had the woman's husband been arrested?

3. The story is told about the period of _________________.

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

5. The image on the back of a playing card the girl sees is _____________________.

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