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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doe the Army recruiters come to the camp again?
(a) To administer loyalty tests.
(b) To bring Christmas gifts.
(c) To check on hygiene issues.
(d) To give some internees jobs.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the things the boy's mother says she misses most?
(a) Shade.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Fruit.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the state of the family's house when they see it again?
(a) Tidy.
(b) Ransacked.
(c) Neglected.
(d) Disrepair.

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

5. The father's tone in his admission to all the horrible things that he did not do is an example of _______________.
(a) sarcasm.
(b) symbolism.
(c) irony.
(d) metaphor.

6. What personal element from his father did the boy save?
(a) Cuff links.
(b) Hair.
(c) Clothes brush.
(d) Shaving razor.

7. The father sarcastically says that he is the grinning fat man in the straw hat selling _______________ by the side of the road.
(a) strawberries.
(b) geta.
(c) chopsticks.
(d) Buddha statues.

8. What does the mother caution her children about?
(a) They will not be living in the same house.
(b) Many people will not be happy to see them return.
(c) Their father will not be as happy as he once was.
(d) All their belongings have been sold.

9. What does the father say is what he most wanted to say about everything?
(a) We'll get you someday.
(b) I'm sorry.
(c) I'd do it again.
(d) You deserved everything you got.

10. What was kept on for days as the father was left in the room?
(a) Loud music.
(b) Heat.
(c) Dripping water.
(d) Bright lights.

11. How do most people in town greet the family?
(a) Joyfully.
(b) Coolly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Enthusiastically.

12. The father admits to sabotaging _________________.
(a) the transportation system.
(b) the post office.
(c) the broadcast network.
(d) industry.

13. Why is the boy worried about his sister?
(a) She won't get out of bed.
(b) She spends more time with other kids.
(c) She talks about suicide.
(d) She cries all the time.

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

15. What did the boys' mother do on the morning after visiting his father?
(a) Put the house up for sale.
(b) Took all his suits to the dry cleaner's.
(c) Had his will revised.
(d) Stayed in bed and cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the family in Chapter 4?

2. What stereotype do many Americans at the time make about Japanese people?

3. What does the father admit to doing during questioning?

4. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.

5. Where does the boy find his sister in the middle of the night one night?

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