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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 does the mother try to alter so that her children can wear them?
(a) Women's slippers.
(b) Men's coats.
(c) Adult gloves.
(d) Military hats.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the things the boy's mother says she misses most?
(a) Shade.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Chocolate.

3. What did the boys' mother do on the morning after visiting his father?
(a) Took all his suits to the dry cleaner's.
(b) Had his will revised.
(c) Stayed in bed and cried.
(d) Put the house up for sale.

4. How do most people in town greet the family?
(a) Joyfully.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Coolly.
(d) Enthusiastically.

5. The father was first questioned in a room with no _______________.
(a) air conditioning.
(b) door.
(c) light.
(d) windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. The father answers accusations about ___________________.

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

3. What happens to the family in Chapter 4?

4. How much money is the family given when released from the internment camp?

5. What has happened to the family's furniture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the social environment like for the Japanese-Americans when they return home?

2. Describe the room where the father was first taken for questioning.

3. Who does the father identify himself as being when delivering his confession?

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

5. What does the father say is what he most wanted to say to everyone during his confession?

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

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

8. How does the author show that the characters are not considered to be real people, but rather just nameless prisoners?

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

10. Why does the mother have to find a job and why does she have a difficult time doing so?

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