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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job does the mother ultimately get?
(a) A grocery checkout girl.
(b) A restaurant cook.
(c) A dry cleaner's worker.
(d) Cleaning houses and taking in laundry.

3. The father provides examples of ___________________ of Japanese people.
(a) stereotypes.
(b) the food of.
(c) the religions.
(d) bad habits.

4. What had the mother buried in the yard before leaving?
(a) The family heirlooms.
(b) The silverware.
(c) The coin collection.
(d) The family's cash.

5. What is geta?
(a) Japanese footwear.
(b) Japanese paper.
(c) Japanese wine.
(d) Japanese rice.

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

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

8. Why is one family in camp sent back to Japan?
(a) The man was convicted of being a Japanese spy.
(b) The man incited riots in the camp.
(c) The man would not agree to serve in the military.
(d) The man wrote too many letters to relatives in Japan.

9. Why does the mother look for a job?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She wants to be patriotic.
(c) She needs adult interaction.
(d) All the money is gone.

10. Why did a guard kill one of the internees one night?
(a) He said the man was trying to escape.
(b) He said the man attacked him with a knife.
(c) He said the man was going to shoot him.
(d) He said the man was going to shoot into the camp.

11. The father speaks for ______________________.
(a) the merchants.
(b) all Japanese-Americans.
(c) the U.S. military.
(d) his ancestors.

12. Why can the father not work in the company he had worked for before?
(a) It has moved out of state.
(b) It has no job openings.
(c) It is under new management.
(d) It is no longer in business.

13. For how many days after his father's arrest did the family have no information about where he was?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 21.
(d) 10.

14. Why is one of the camp residents beaten one night?
(a) For being a suspected FBI informant.
(b) For trying to escape.
(c) For destroying property.
(d) For stealing food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the boy's father held after his arrest?

2. Which of the following is NOT a term the father uses to describe Americans?

3. The father sarcastically admits to spying on airfields, naval yards and ________________.

4. How do most people in town greet the family?

5. The period of World War II was filled with fear and _________________ toward Japanese-Americans.

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