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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. Why is there a housing shortage on the West Coast?
(a) Most of the available land is already used up
(b) Many houses are bombed
(c) People move there to help with the war effort
(d) Japanese American houses are burned after the evacuation

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

3. What does the experience of visiting the family show Woody?
(a) That his father lied about his family
(b) That Woody belongs in Japan
(c) That his family in America is nothing like his family in Japan
(d) That he is proud of his father

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

5. What is Jeanne named during her senior year?
(a) Valedictorian
(b) State baton twirling champion
(c) Carnival queen
(d) Student of the month

Short Answer Questions

1. What reaction does Jeanne and her family get from others?

2. Who breaks the dam of Jeanne's memories about Manzanar?

3. Who is the first of the family to leave?

4. Who is Jeanne's oldest sister?

5. When Jeanne goes to Manzanar, she find everything ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jeanne and her father wait for at the firebreak? What does Mama tell them?

2. Where does Jeanne find acceptance? Where does she not find acceptance? Who does she become friends with?

3. How does Jeanne feel about leaving the camp? What does she fear?

4. What is the trip back to Los Angeles like for Jeanne's family? Why?

5. As she ages, how does Jeanne feel about Manzanar? How does she deal with her time there?

6. What happens to Jeanne during her senior year of high school? What adds to Jeanne's differentness in the circumstance?

7. After the Loyalty Oath, what does the camp become like?

8. How do Mama, Papa, and the others in the camp react to the possibility of leaving the camp? What makes staying in the camp impossible?

9. What does Jeanne fear will be the family's reception in Los Angeles? What it is actually like? How to people react to Jeanne and her family?

10. How does Jeanne's relationship with her father change? Who does she turn to?

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