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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 recall that she had been too tired to get the father the night he was taken away?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A beer.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A glass of wine.

2. Where had the boy left his bicycle before leaving home?
(a) At the neighbor's house.
(b) In the basement of the house.
(c) In a storage locker.
(d) Chained to a tree in the backyard.

3. What does someone throw through a window of the house one night?
(a) A statue.
(b) A rock.
(c) A brick.
(d) A whiskey bottle.

4. What does the mother caution her children about?
(a) They will not be living in the same house.
(b) All their belongings have been sold.
(c) Many people will not be happy to see them return.
(d) Their father will not be as happy as he once was.

5. The father relates many examples of Japanese ________________ in his confession.
(a) clothing.
(b) religion.
(c) food.
(d) stereotypes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one family in camp sent back to Japan?

2. For how many days after his father's arrest did the family have no information about where he was?

3. Why can the father not work in the company he had worked for before?

4. Why is the boy worried about his sister?

5. Why is one of the camp residents beaten one night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. From whose perspective is Chapter 4 told and what is the tone of the characters?

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

9. What valuable advice does the boy receive from his father in a letter?

10. What are the physical and psychological states of the camp in the autumn of 1942?

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