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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. How many rooms were in the cabin the Takei family was assigned to live in?

2. What did George say that it felt like when they opened the door to the cabin at Rohwer?

3. In 1941, how long had George's father lived in the United States?

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

5. Where did George's father tell him they were going when they were taken from California by train in 1942?

Short Essay Questions

1. Wha happened on the second day that the Takei family were on the train?

2. Who was Earl Warren and what was his role in having the Japanese interred?

3. How did Fumiko keep herself busy on the train and why?

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

5. What was George's father history?

6. What did Fletcher Bowron, mayor of Los Angeles, testify about the Japanese?

7. Why was a representative needed for the community, and how did Takekuma become that representative?

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

9. How did George's mother make the trip unforgettable for the boys?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Pearl Harbor was bombed, there were many conflicts between Japanese-Americans and other Americans. How did conflict affect George and others in the book? Were the conflicts mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Were they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

George Takei wrote They Called Us Enemy. Why did Takei write the book?

Essay Topic 3

Many Japanese-Americans were haunted by the shame of the internment camps. Why did Japanese-Americans feel shame for being in the camps? Was it their fault that they were interred? Who should have felt shame for the situation?

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