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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy receive as a Christmas gift from a woman in Ohio?
(a) A baseball and glove.
(b) A camera.
(c) A ViewMaster.
(d) A Swiss Army knife.

2. What happens to the family in Chapter 4?
(a) They are released from the internment camp.
(b) They are separated and sent to different camps.
(c) They are reunited with the father.
(d) They are moved to another internment camp.

3. What does the boy imagine doing with his father when his father returns?
(a) Taking a walk.
(b) Having a conversation.
(c) Going fishing.
(d) Listening to the radio.

4. Where had the boy left his bicycle before leaving home?
(a) Chained to a tree in the backyard.
(b) In a storage locker.
(c) In the basement of the house.
(d) At the neighbor's house.

5. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.
(a) confused.
(b) distant.
(c) angry.
(d) noncommittal.

6. What is the father's tone in this chapter?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Anxious.

7. What does someone throw through a window of the house one night?
(a) A statue.
(b) A whiskey bottle.
(c) A rock.
(d) A brick.

8. The boy and girl are both determined to ___________________________.
(a) excel in school.
(b) get jobs.
(c) make their father happy.
(d) never be mistaken for the enemy again.

9. The father was first questioned in a room with no _______________.
(a) door.
(b) windows.
(c) light.
(d) air conditioning.

10. What does the father admit to doing during blackouts?
(a) Sending coded messages.
(b) Sending up flares.
(c) Leaving his lights on.
(d) Pulling the window shades down.

11. How much money is the family given when released from the internment camp?
(a) $25.
(b) $150.
(c) $200.
(d) $2500.

12. The father admits to poisoning the water and ______________.
(a) medications.
(b) soft drinks.
(c) food.
(d) vitamins.

13. Soldiers return home from the war with stories of _______________________.
(a) starvation.
(b) their comrades.
(c) atrocities in Japanese prison camps.
(d) heroism.

14. The father sarcastically says that he gave ____________________ to the enemy for free.
(a) Food.
(b) Communication codes.
(c) guns.
(d) U.S. defense maps.

15. What bothers the boy about where his father is now?
(a) That he is being tortured.
(b) That he doesn't have proper clothes to wear.
(c) That he doesn't have enough to eat.
(d) That he is all alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the things the boy's mother says she misses most?

2. The father answers accusations about ___________________.

3. The father provides examples of ___________________ of Japanese people.

4. The boy recalls his father promising to ________________________.

5. How many of the camp's residents freeze to death in the sub-zero weather?

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