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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Inu" mean?

2. What does the reservoir crew fear?

3. What is Mama's career?

4. Papa finally leaves the barracks to do what?

5. In what year do the events of the book begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Papa's personality and character like?

2. Why does anti-Asian sentiment increase on the West Coast?

3. How does the family feel about moving to Manzanar?

4. What is Papa's family like in Japan? What is the family's history?

5. What do the people of the camp think about this document that the government wants them to sign? Why?

6. Who are the only people in the camp allowed outside the night of the riot? What are they given as protection?

7. What do the people at Manzanar call Papa? Why?

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

9. What is the most important day in Jeanne's life? Why?

10. What happens during the December Riot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of disloyalty runs through the events in the book. At which people or groups is this label directed? What effect does this have? Why do you think these people are thought to be disloyal? Is the assumption right or wrong? How do you think you would react to having this label placed on you?

Essay Topic 2

Trace Jeanne's feelings about her Japanese heritage through the events of the book. Which events have an impact on her self-image? How do the events make her feel about her Japanese heritage?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the discrimination that Japanese Americans faced after the attack on Pearl Harbor. How did Japanese Americans react to the discrimination? What effect did the discrimination have on Japanese-Americans?

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