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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was a special all-Nisei military unit created?
(a) Late 1943.
(b) Early 1943.
(c) Spring 1943.
(d) Winter 1943.

2. What type of hat did Fumiko give Takekuma when they were driving outside the camp?
(a) Boater.
(b) Ball cap.
(c) Straw hat.
(d) Bowler.

3. Who taught George and Henry to roll a ball for a snowman?
(a) Boys at the camp.
(b) Takekuma.
(c) Girls at the camp.
(d) Fumiko.

4. How many layers of barbed wire were on the barbed-wire fence at Tule Lake?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. What general said that "A Jap is a Jap" (111)?
(a) William Orlando Darby.
(b) James Leo Dalton II.
(c) Gustav J. Braun, Jr.
(d) John L. Dewitt.

6. What did everyone do while they waited for Santa the first Christmas at the camp?
(a) Put together puzzles.
(b) Sing carols.
(c) Play games.
(d) Tell stories.

7. How long was the Takei family at Rohwer?
(a) 1 year and 11 months.
(b) 1 year and 7 months.
(c) 1 year and 8 months.
(d) 1 year and 2 months.

8. What did Herbert Nicholson take from the camp to get help?
(a) Sick woman.
(b) Sick dog.
(c) Sick cat.
(d) Sick child.

9. When did George remember seeing the real Santa?
(a) When he was 3.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) When he was 2.
(d) Last year.

10. What age did the Japanese-Americans have to be to complete a questionaire that was passed out on page 114?
(a) 17 or older.
(b) 21 or older.
(c) 20 or older.
(d) 18 or older.

11. When did H.R. 4103 come before the Senate?
(a) June 11, 1944.
(b) June 23, 1944.
(c) June 9, 1944,
(d) June 2, 1944.

12. Where did the family go when they drove outside of the camp?
(a) A library.
(b) A farm.
(c) A lake.
(d) A grocery store.

13. When did the Takei family arrive at Tule Lake?
(a) May 31, 1944.
(b) May 14, 1944.
(c) May 17, 1944.
(d) May 20, 1944.

14. When were the segregated soliders of the 442nd sent to break through German lines?
(a) October 1, 1944.
(b) October 30, 1944.
(c) October 13, 1944.
(d) October 26, 1944.

15. When was Hiroshima bombed?
(a) August 1945.
(b) November 1945.
(c) September 1945.
(d) June 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What president later upgraded the medal that the men of the 442nd received?

2. What was the second thing that made George think that the Santa on page 107 was not real?

3. What animals did George and Henry see when they drove outside of camp?

4. How many men from the 442nd were sent to Bavaria as prisoners?

5. What were the names of two boys who wanted to tell George and Henry a magic word?

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