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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What draws families apart on Manzanar?
(a) The close quarters
(b) Sickness
(c) The separate men's and women's sections
(d) The barbed wire

2. How many people does the family have to fit into two units?
(a) 4
(b) 12
(c) 25
(d) 43

3. The government requires that everyone seventeen or older signs what type of document?
(a) A loyalty oath
(b) A citizenship card
(c) A green card
(d) A non-violence pledge

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

5. Why doesn't Papa return to Japan?
(a) He is wanted in Japan for murder
(b) The size of his family
(c) His law degree is the United States
(d) He wants to move to China

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

7. Why is the family relieved to arrive at the camp?
(a) They are running out of money and everything will be taken care of here
(b) They are protected from the war
(c) It offers some protection from the fear of the Caucasians
(d) They will have a house to live in

8. What does the mob cry out before the MPs use tear gas?
(a) Bonzai!
(b) Freedom!
(c) Anarchy!
(d) Geronimo!

9. What does Woody bring in to help clean?
(a) A duster
(b) A broom
(c) A bucket of water
(d) A vacuum

10. What school does Papa enter?
(a) UCLA
(b) University of Idaho
(c) Princeton
(d) University of Washington

11. Who has meals brought to him or her instead of eating in the mess hall?
(a) Granny
(b) Jeanne
(c) Mama
(d) Woody

12. How many internment camps are there for Japanese-Americans?
(a) 10
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 7

13. People can leave the camps and move inland if they do what?
(a) Sign up for the military
(b) Find a job and a sponsor
(c) Sign a green card
(d) Give information on another Japanese person

14. What does Papa do in the barracks?
(a) Cares for Jeanne
(b) Sings
(c) Carves wood animals
(d) Makes wine

15. What is the most disturbing and disgraceful situation for most men held at Manzanar?
(a) The charge of disloyalty
(b) The family disintegration
(c) The lack of freedom
(d) The oversized clothing

Short Answer Questions

1. The anti-American Japanese want what?

2. What is the first thing the family sees with Papa?

3. At Fort Lincoln, what did Papa work as?

4. Mama thinks that the condition of the barracks is no better than what _______ would sleep in.

5. How long is Kiyo gone from the family barracks?

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