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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. When George's father said that he had to help his family get ready, how much time was he allowed?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

2. How many generations had the Sansei been in the United States?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. When did George's father tell him and his brother as he was packing and they needed to get ready to go?
(a) Supper time.
(b) Night.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Morning.

4. What business did George's father pursue?
(a) Tailoring.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Dry cleaning.
(d) Bookstore.

5. What did George throw at Henry on page 43?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 70, what did Fumiko sew?

2. How many people did each block at Rohwer house?

3. Where were most of the Japanese Americans from at Rohwer?

4. When he started to get back on the train on page 47, what did George touch that was hot?

5. Where were the Takei family taken when they arrived at the internment camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did George touch on page 47, and what reaction did he get?

2. How did George's parents feel about their new living conditions?

3. In the spring of 1942, why had many Japanese already lost much of what they owned?

4. What happened throughout the spring of 1942 to those of Japanese ancestry?

5. What was George's mother's history?

6. Where was the internment camp that the Takei family was taken to and what was it called?

7. What was George's father history?

8. What happened on December 7, 1941, and what did it mean?

9. What discussions did George used to have with his father when he was a teenager?

10. What was Executive Order 9066?

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