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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The War Department issues surplus clothing from which war?
(a) The Civil War
(b) The Vietnam War
(c) The Spanish American War
(d) WWI

2. For what reason does Mama need money?
(a) To pay the mortgage on the house on Terminal Island
(b) To pay for Papa's release from prison
(c) To pay the monthly fee on the warehouse where the furniture is stored
(d) To buy extra food for the family in the camps

3. Many people in the camp become sick because of what reason?
(a) High temperatures
(b) Too much food
(c) Spoiled food
(d) A lack of water

4. What is Mama furious about that first day?
(a) The barbed wire around the camp
(b) That her husband isn't with them
(c) The conditions they have to live in
(d) Jeanne's dirty dress

5. What do Jeanne and the other women go to do?
(a) Wash laundry
(b) See off the fishing fleet
(c) Pick oranges in the orchard
(d) Shop at the market

6. The interview of Wakatsuki Ko shows he is what kind of man?
(a) Naive
(b) Dumb
(c) Aggressive
(d) Thinking

7. Of what is Jeanne's father accused?
(a) Sending messages about military arrangements
(b) Giving the Japanese information about Pearl Harbor
(c) Hiding Japanese spies in his home
(d) Providing offshore submarines with oil

8. How many times do Mama and Papa run away together?
(a) None
(b) Twice
(c) Four
(d) Six

9. Why does Papa leave Japan?
(a) Mama is in California
(b) He needs to escape the law
(c) Japan is in a severe depression
(d) He fights with his father

10. Who punches Papa?
(a) Woody
(b) Mama
(c) Daniel
(d) Kiyo

11. What happens to Papa at Fort Lincoln?
(a) He is injured in a farm accident
(b) His feet are frostbitten
(c) He gets cancer
(d) He loses an arm

12. What is the first thing the family sees with Papa?
(a) A wheelchair
(b) Eyeglasses
(c) A cane
(d) A wig

13. What does the FBI find in many of the houses they search?
(a) Stores of oil
(b) Short wave radios
(c) Japanese flags
(d) Guns

14. What occurs exactly one year after Pearl Harbor?
(a) Papa dies of a heart attack
(b) The December Riot
(c) The United States enters the war
(d) Japan's surrender

15. Where was Mama born?
(a) Hawaii
(b) California
(c) Canada
(d) Japan

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Woody bring in to help clean?

2. Papa finally leaves the barracks to do what?

3. What does Jeanne's father burn?

4. What is true about Papa?

5. Issei means what?

(see the answer keys)

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