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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boy listens to the radio at night, he imagines himself to be ______________________.
(a) Gene Autry.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Joe DiMaggio.
(d) a heroic and decorated soldier.

2. Where does the boy find his sister in the middle of the night one night?
(a) Crying by the fence.
(b) Reading with a flashlight.
(c) Digging in the dirt with a spoon.
(d) Dancing in the moonlight.

3. 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 was going to shoot him.
(c) He said the man was going to shoot into the camp.
(d) He said the man attacked him with a knife.

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

5. What is scattered all over the house?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Dust balls.
(c) Grass clippings.
(d) Broken glass.

6. The father implies that no rational person would believe him to be anything other than an American man _______________________.
(a) of Japanese ancestry.
(b) who is a spy.
(c) interested in espionage.
(d) trying to make a living.

7. The father answers accusations about ___________________.
(a) being an assassin.
(b) being an FBI agent.
(c) being an entrepreneur.
(d) being a dangerous enemy alien.

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

9. Why does the boys' mother leave some clothing of his father's hanging in the closet?
(a) So she would remember to donate it to charity.
(b) So the boy could remember him.
(c) So he would have something to wear when he got home.
(d) So she could feel her husband's spirit in the house.

10. The father sarcastically says that he sent _________________________ to the enemy.
(a) government officials home addresses.
(b) aerial maps of major coastal cities.
(c) defense plant building plans.
(d) communication codes.

11. What happened to the money from the house rental?
(a) There was never any rent money.
(b) The lawyer took it.
(c) It is in an envelope in a cupboard.
(d) It is in a bank account.

12. The boy recalls his father promising to ________________________.
(a) teach him to drive a car.
(b) let him mow the grass.
(c) play pitch with him.
(d) take him traveling around the world.

13. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Jennifer Watanabe.
(b) Julie Takahashi.
(c) Julie Otsuka.
(d) Julia Nakamura.

14. Where is the father at this point in time?
(a) He is working in New York.
(b) He is at home.
(c) He is still incarcerated.
(d) He has been sent to Japan.

15. Which of the following is NOT a derogatory nickname for Japanese people?
(a) Slit.
(b) Kikes.
(c) Nip.
(d) Jap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the family possessions locked away in a room of the house?

2. What does the boy imagine doing with his father when his father returns?

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

4. What advice does the boy receive from his father in a letter?

5. The father sarcastically says that he is the grinning fat man in the straw hat selling _______________ by the side of the road.

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