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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. Where is the Tanforan Horse Racing Track located?
(a) Tucson, Arizona.
(b) Seattle, Washingon.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Davenport, Iowa.

2. What item does the woman search for in town but all the stores are sold out?
(a) Packing tape.
(b) Garment bags.
(c) Tissue paper.
(d) Duffel Bags.

3. What does the boy say that his father is fond of?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) His pipe.
(c) Baseball games.
(d) Nice suits.

4. Which magazine shows images from the war?
(a) Look.
(b) Life.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Time.

5. What does the War Relocation Authority allow some camp residents to do?
(a) Move to different camps.
(b) Leave to work for farmers.
(c) Work in offices.
(d) Return to their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main story of newspapers during this time?

2. The boy often fantasizes about ______________________.

3. Who is the old woman who sometimes thinks she hears her mother calling her?

4. What does the woman in #70 do when she sees the boy's mother one day?

5. What season is it when the story begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE?

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

3. How are Japanese-Americans notified that they are to be relocated and what indicates that people are preparing?

4. What is the irony of the picture the boy hangs on his wall in the camp?

5. What does the girl tell a man about her father as they wait in line for the restroom?

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

7. What does the soldier advise the girl to stop doing on the train and what does he make the train's occupants do while passing through a town in Nevada?

8. Describe how the woman goes about packing up the family's belongings.

9. How is camp live especially difficult for some people who had important positions in their lives?

10. What does the boy think he might have done that caused the family to be in such distressing situations?

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