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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 is true about Papa?
(a) He doesn't like excuses
(b) He's not interested in making it big
(c) He never finishes anything he starts
(d) Mama's family loved him

2. What humiliates Jeanne's mother?
(a) Being the only Asian on Terminal Island
(b) Having to sell valuable items for next to nothing
(c) Having to watch Jeanne act "white"
(d) Having to live with her son

3. What does Papa do to Mama?
(a) Threatens her with his cane
(b) Forces her to sleep outside
(c) Breaks her leg
(d) Brings her flowers

4. What does Papa demand?
(a) An apology
(b) Extra rice and cans of fruit
(c) Woody to leave the family's unit
(d) A bed for himself

5. What crowds the barracks?
(a) Papa's dark mood
(b) Woody's two children
(c) Kiyo's friend Daniel
(d) Mama's sadness

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes the barracks?

2. Why does Jeanne's Mom pack heavy coats for them?

3. People can leave the camps and move inland if they do what?

4. Who has meals brought to him or her instead of eating in the mess hall?

5. For what career does Papa first begin to prepare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives at the reservoir shack? Who is fearful in the shack and who are they fearful of?

2. What does Woody do to make the barracks better? Why does he do this?

3. What are the camps like? Why are they in this condition?

4. What does Papa do in the barracks? How does it affect the family?

5. What is Papa's reunion like?

6. What is the greatest humiliation in the camp? How is it handled?

7. Does Papa want his sons to join in the war? Why or why not?

8. How does Papa leave Japan? Where does he go?

9. What does Jeanne believe is behind her father's seclusion in the barracks?

10. Of what is Papa accused? What does this mean for the family?

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