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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the woman do as she eats her lunch?
(a) Reads the newspaper.
(b) Watches TV.
(c) Listens to the radio.
(d) Reads a book.

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

5. The mother told her children if asked to say they were _________________, not Japanese.
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Hawaiian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Korean.

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

7. What does a little girl offer to give the girl on the train?
(a) Chewing gum.
(b) Some candy.
(c) A doll.
(d) Comic book.

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

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

10. What does the mother tell the boy they will do when the war is over?
(a) Go home.
(b) Go to Disneyland.
(c) Go to the Grand Canyon.
(d) Go to Japan.

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

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

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

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

15. What does the boy say that his father is fond of?
(a) Nice suits.
(b) His pipe.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Baseball games.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the internment camp in Utah, the boy thinks he sees _______________ everywhere.

3. What does the woman do to the old dog she has fed?

4. What does the girl's brother want to be when he grows up?

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

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