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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has happened to the family's furniture?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was repaired.
(d) It was broken.

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

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

5. Why can the father not find a new job?
(a) He is limited because he has no car.
(b) No one will hire a Japanese man.
(c) He is not well.
(d) He is too old.

6. Because his father is listed as a dangerous enemy alien, the boy envisions him as ___________________.
(a) an Old West outlaw.
(b) a space creature.
(c) a spy.
(d) a Russian.

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

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

9. Who had convinced the mother to rent the house to tenants while they were gone?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A minister.
(d) A friend.

10. What does the mother recall that she had been too tired to get the father the night he was taken away?
(a) A glass of wine.
(b) A beer.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A sandwich.

11. The period of World War II was filled with fear and _________________ toward Japanese-Americans.
(a) kindness.
(b) understanding.
(c) paranoia.
(d) compassion.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following was NOT true about the father during his time in the room?
(a) He was cold.
(b) He was comfortable.
(c) He was tired.
(d) He was thirsty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the boy worried about his sister?

2. The father sarcastically says that he signaled to Japanese aviators with ____________________.

3. The father was first questioned in a room with no _______________.

4. Why did a guard kill one of the internees one night?

5. Why is the family afraid to sleep in the house?

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