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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. Why is the family afraid to sleep in the house?
(a) They think someone will come to harm them.
(b) They have heard about a rash of burglaries in the area.
(c) The locks on the doors are all gone.
(d) There is no privacy as all the drapes have been stolen.

2. How many of the camp's residents freeze to death in the sub-zero weather?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 22.
(d) 3.

3. What happened to the money from the house rental?
(a) It is in a bank account.
(b) The lawyer took it.
(c) It is in an envelope in a cupboard.
(d) There was never any rent money.

4. What stereotype do many Americans at the time make about Japanese people?
(a) They do not appreciate life in America.
(b) They have great business acumen.
(c) They are good accountants.
(d) They all look alike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The father relates many examples of Japanese ________________ in his confession.

2. Why does the family hardly recognize the father when they see him?

3. The boy recalls his father promising to ________________________.

4. Why can the father not find a new job?

5. When the boy's sister comes in at night she smells like __________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What has incarceration done to the father and why do his children hardly recognize him when he comes home?

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

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

7. For whom does the father speak during his confession?

8. Why does the mother leave one of the father's suits hanging in the closet?

9. Explain the financial situation of the family when they leave the camp.

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

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