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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 father sarcastically says that he gave ____________________ to the enemy for free.
(a) Food.
(b) U.S. defense maps.
(c) Communication codes.
(d) guns.

2. What news arrives via telegram one day?
(a) The father has been sent to Japan.
(b) The father is returning.
(c) The father is very ill.
(d) The father is dead.

3. What was kept on for days as the father was left in the room?
(a) Bright lights.
(b) Dripping water.
(c) Heat.
(d) Loud music.

4. The father implies that no rational person would believe him to be anything other than an American man _______________________.
(a) interested in espionage.
(b) who is a spy.
(c) trying to make a living.
(d) of Japanese ancestry.

5. Why can the father not find a new job?
(a) He is limited because he has no car.
(b) No one will hire a Japanese man.
(c) He is too old.
(d) He is not well.

Short Answer Questions

1. The father sarcastically says that he is the grinning fat man in the straw hat selling _______________ by the side of the road.

2. What does the boy receive as a Christmas gift from a woman in Ohio?

3. What was the boy's father wearing when he was taken away by the authorities?

4. The father sarcastically says that he signaled to Japanese aviators with ____________________.

5. The father was first questioned in a room with no _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How long had the family been away from their home and what has being institutionalized done to their sense of fear at night?

2. Describe how the winter takes its toll on the people in the camps.

3. What is the condition of the family's home when they return after their release from the camp?

4. What is the father's tone during his confession in this chapter?

5. Who does the father address in his confession in Chapter 5?

6. From whose perspective is Chapter 5 told and what is the nature of the chapter?

7. Describe what the family did after the father's arrest when they did not know what had happened to him.

8. What does the father want to imply to whoever is hearing his confession?

9. Why is the girl digging in the ground with a spoon in the middle of the night?

10. What do the boy and the mother talk about regarding what they miss most about their old lives?

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