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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 was the Takei family relocated to another internment camp?
(a) May 13, 1944.
(b) May 30, 1944.
(c) May 1, 1944.
(d) May 9, 1944.

2. What was the last name of the boys who wanted George and Henry to yell words at the guards?
(a) Asato.
(b) Fujisaki.
(c) Nakayama.
(d) Chiyotanda.

3. How many rooms were in the Takei's cabin at Tule Lake?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. When was the medal that the men of the 442nd upgraded?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2001.

5. For their first Christmas Eve dinner at the camp, what did everyone have for dessert?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) White cake.
(d) Ice cream sundaes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many layers of barbed wire were on the barbed-wire fence at Tule Lake?

2. What did everyone do while they waited for Santa the first Christmas at the camp?

3. On page 101, how often had George seen snow?

4. What did Takekuma tell George that keton meant?

5. When did President Roosevelt give men of the 442nd a metal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Fumiko not like living by the mess hall at Tule Lake?

2. What were the actions of the 442nd and what did they suffer?

3. What happened when George said the words that Chevy and Ford taught him?

4. What was a benshi?

5. Why did George think the Santa Claus that came to the camp was not the real Santa Claus?

6. Who was Herbert Nicholson?

7. How did George and Henry feel when they saw a hog on a farm?

8. Who was Daniel K. Inouye?

9. When did Santa Claus arrive at the camp?

10. What did George's father say about the incident with the soldiers and the magic words?

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