Pages 21 - 41 Summary and Analysis

Mine and her brother have three days to pack. Her brother must halt his studies at the local University and defer his degree. Mine wishes a goodbye to her friends and does last-minute things, like giving her friends some cherished possessions and doing laundry.

Her friends take her to the Civil Control Station. They must tag their clothing and luggage with their identification number. They board a bus full of other evacuees and then arrive at Tanforan. Luggage is piled in a huge mess, and evacuees must search the huge pile for their own luggage.

Mine and her brother are separated, and each is strip-searched for contraband. They are also medically checked to ensure they have no communicable disease that could cause a pandemic in the camp. They are then released into the camp.

They must wait in line...