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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man with whom the girl talks while waiting in line for the restroom?
(a) Mike Nakamura.
(b) Bill Watanabe.
(c) Ted Ishimoto.
(d) Tom Suzuki.

2. Why can the girl not eat the oranges on the train?
(a) She does not like oranges.
(b) They are moldy.
(c) She has motion sickness.
(d) Her mother won't allow it.

3. The train the family is on is bound for _______________.
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Utah.

4. Where do the woman and her children have to report the next morning?
(a) The Civil Control Station.
(b) The fairgrounds.
(c) The train station.
(d) City Hall.

5. The girl has a collection of __________________ from her father.
(a) ribbons.
(b) postcards.
(c) match books.
(d) newspaper articles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the woman?

2. What is the family preparing to do as the story begins?

3. What treat does the hardware store owner give to the woman for her children?

4. What item does the woman search for in town but all the stores are sold out?

5. What is stamped on the husband's letters to his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the boy's life like at the camp?

2. How much time has passed since the family's initial move and from whose perspective in Chapter 2 told?

3. Describe the last ordinary night the family has in their home.

4. Why are the hardware store owner's actions significant?

5. How does the father recognize the girl's birthday even though he is incarcerated?

6. Describe the family's experience at Tanforan as explained by the girl.

7. How does the author show that the family is all-American and hardly a threat to U.S. security?

8. How do the boy and his camp friends show more naivete than harmful intentions in some of their games and habits?

9. What is the timing of the relocation effort and why was the woman's husband arrested prior to this relocation?

10. Why does the girl lie about her father to to the man named Ted?

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