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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jeanne becomes the first person in her family to _________.
(a) Get a divorce
(b) Get married to a Caucasian
(c) Graduate from college
(d) Have twins

2. What ends all hope for staying at Manzanar?
(a) The water main breaks
(b) Bombing of Hiroshima
(c) Fire in the camps
(d) The assignation of the General in charge of the camps

3. Jeanne's family moves closer to what in the camp?
(a) The reservoir shack
(b) The mess hall
(c) The main gate
(d) The hospital

4. Who is Jeanne's oldest sister?
(a) Kim
(b) Eleanor
(c) Grace
(d) Mary

5. How many members of the family go to Los Angeles?
(a) Three
(b) Twenty-five
(c) Nine
(d) Fifteen

6. How does Papa decide that the family is going to travel back to Los Angeles?
(a) By plane
(b) By bus
(c) By train
(d) By car

7. What would Jeanne be horrified about if anyone asked her out on a date?
(a) The apartment the family lives in
(b) Her Japanese ancestry
(c) Her lack of money
(d) Papa's behavior

8. Jeanne feels sorry for the teacher of which lessons?
(a) Baton twirling
(b) Odori
(c) Catholicism
(d) Ballet

9. How many rooms does the family's new unit have?
(a) Two
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Seven

10. Jeanne and her father are in the firebreak waiting for what?
(a) The end of Mama's surgery
(b) The opening of the main gate
(c) The birth of Eleanor's child
(d) Woody to return to the camp from prison

11. Who is Woody's wife?
(a) Eleanor
(b) Kim
(c) Lane
(d) Chizu

12. What date does the government set for final closure of the camp?
(a) June 21
(b) October 31
(c) December 1
(d) April 15

13. Who needs to be escorted to the train station to protect them from the crowds?
(a) May and her family
(b) Jeanne and her parents
(c) Woody's wife and children
(d) Kiyo and Granny

14. Who is the first of the family to leave?
(a) Woody and his wife
(b) Mama, Papa and Jeanne
(c) Granny and Kiyo
(d) Eleanor, Shig and their baby son

15. How do Jeanne and her family deal with the memories of Manzanar?
(a) They go to therapy
(b) They write about their experiences in a family journal
(c) They don't talk about Manzanar
(d) They discuss their experiences at family gatherings

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family find housing?

2. Why can't Jeanne participate in the odori lessons?

3. What does Manzanar mean in Spanish?

4. What is Jeanne's return to school and outside life like?

5. What is the 442nd Combat Regiment?

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