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

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

3. The story is told about the period of _________________.
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. What does the woman fix for dinner?
(a) Pork.
(b) Steak.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Stew.

5. What does the girl see in the moonlight when she looks out the train window?
(a) Cars.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Mustangs.
(d) Campfires.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the mother tell the boy they will do when the war is over?

3. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?

4. What had the person in #86 given to the boy when he left home?

5. What is hanging on the woman's daughter's door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Mrs. Ueno and how does she act with the boy's mother in the camp?

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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