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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 pipe.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A watch.
(d) A pair of gloves.

2. The girl and boy work together on a drawing of __________________.
(a) their cat.
(b) their house.
(c) their father.
(d) their school.

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) Takes it to a shelter.
(d) Smashes it in the head with a shovel.

4. What does the boy often watch with his sister?
(a) The guards.
(b) Puppet shows.
(c) Sunsets.
(d) Volleyball games.

5. What month is it as the girl, her brother and mother are on a train?
(a) March 1943.
(b) December 1941.
(c) June 1945.
(d) September 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which pet does the woman release the night before they are to leave?

2. What do the girl and her brother hope to see on their journey?

3. What wakes the people who are sleeping on the train?

4. What does the boy's father say is the thing he likes most about America?

5. In what city does the family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How can the woman's demeanor be described during her preparations for the family's move?

9. What directions does the mother give the boy for his behavior in the camp?

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

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