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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. What item of his father's does the boy have with him?
(a) A watch.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A pair of gloves.

2. Which one in the family is a good artist?
(a) The girl.
(b) The mother.
(c) The boy.
(d) The father.

3. What does the woman do to the old dog she has fed?
(a) Lets it sleep in the house.
(b) Gives it to the neighbors.
(c) Smashes it in the head with a shovel.
(d) Takes it to a shelter.

4. Sometimes the boy thinks he is dreaming and will wake up to see his father ____________________.
(a) mowing the lawn.
(b) washing the car.
(c) reading the newspaper.
(d) cooking breakfast.

5. Where does the woman store all the boxes packed with household items?
(a) A locked room in the house.
(b) The garage.
(c) The basement.
(d) A storage shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it as the girl, her brother and mother are on a train?

2. How do the people in #7 know they are to be relocated?

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

4. Where do the woman and her children have to report the next morning?

5. The boy shows his sister a book about ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the girl prompted to remember when viewing the image on a playing card?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Where is the family headed in September 1942 and where had they been living since the spring of the year?

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

10. What does the woman do to the old dog?

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