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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. The woman's husband had first been taken to Montana and then to ________________.
(a) Iowa.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Texas.

2. What does the woman do as she eats her lunch?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Watches TV.
(d) Listens to the radio.

3. What does the boy listen to on the radio at night?
(a) War reports.
(b) Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show.
(c) The Little Orphan Annie Show.
(d) Hit Parade music show.

4. In which city do the passengers disembark from the train?
(a) Delta, Utah.
(b) Lenexa, Kansas.
(c) Butte, Montana.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

5. Who is the old woman who sometimes thinks she hears her mother calling her?
(a) Mrs. Takahashi.
(b) Mrs. Kato.
(c) Mrs. Yamamoto.
(d) Mrs. Satou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which magazine shows images from the war?

2. Who took the boy's father away in the middle of the night?

3. Which one in the family is a good artist?

4. What does the boy's mother ration?

5. Who is the only one of his friends who writes to the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the girl's recollection of the family trip to Yosemite and her father's travels provide some insight into the father's arrest?

3. Describe the woman's visit to the hardware store.

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

5. What does the boy recall about his father being taken away and what his mother did after that night to try to keep the family safe?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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