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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 closes permanently in July of 1945?

2. Where does the family find housing?

3. Papa would be angry if Jeanne dated ________.

4. Who is Jeanne close to in her younger years?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Papa want to do after they leave Manzanar? How does he think he will accomplish this?

3. What does Woody realize about Papa after his visit to Papa's family?

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

5. What small freedoms are the people in the camp allowed as time passes? How does Jeanne feel about this?

6. What three cases go to the Supreme Court? What are the decisions on them?

7. What activities does Jeanne try? How does she feel about each?

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

9. What is Jeanne's recurring dream? Why does this dream not come true for Jeanne?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the December Riot? What were people upset about? What happened during the riot? Do you think the people were right to feel the way that they did? How do you think you would feel in a similar circumstance? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How did the camps affect family life for the internees? What aspects of the camp affect Jeanne's family? How does her family change from the outside world to internment in the camps? Are they able to put the family back the way it was when they are released from the camp?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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