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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 group number were the Uchidas assigned when they departed for Delta, Utah?
(a) II.
(b) III.
(c) IV.
(d) V.

2. During Thanksgiving celebrations, what was the name of Dwight’s song?
(a) America the Beautiful.
(b) Missoula Camp Song.
(c) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(d) Song of Topaz.

3. Because of the classes at Tanforan, what percent of children were advanced to the next grade by the schools they attended before the evacuation?
(a) 95.
(b) 65.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

4. Inevitably, from what direction did a wind sweep into Tanforan and stir up dust and litter?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

5. What were the first churches established at Tanforan?
(a) Presbyterian and Methodist.
(b) Christian and Buddhist.
(c) Episcopal and Lutheran.
(d) Baptist and Hindu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many latrines were available for the section of Tanforan where the Uchidas lived?

2. Where had Yoshiko’s grandmother been interred?

3. What was the food budget per day per person at Topaz?

4. How long did Yoshiko and a friend take refuge in a laundry barrack during a dust storm at Topaz?

5. What desert was near Delta, Utah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were some of the visitors who visited the Uchidas at Tanforan?

2. Did the food ever improve at Tanforan?

3. What astonished Yoshiko when they reached the Salt Lake City station?

4. What were the living accommodations for the Uchida family following the evacuation?

5. How did Dwight celebrate his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary?

6. How did everyone dress for Thanksgiving dinner at Topaz?

7. Why did Yoshiko and her mother make signs for the washrooms at Tanforan?

8. Who greeted the internees when they arrived at Topaz?

9. Where was Yoshiko released to go in May, 1943?

10. How was the Topaz camp arranged?

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