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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. When the Takei family was allowed off the train for the first time, what were they to do?

3. Why was it difficult to get around at Rohwer when it rained?

4. When did George's parents meet?

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. What was Camp Rohwer like and how many did it house at its peak?

2. When was the Takei family removed from there home and where were they taken?

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

4. What was Executive Order 9066?

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

6. What did Fumiko bring that was forbidden and why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of They Called Us Enemy, and how does it affect what readers think of George and the story he tells?

Essay Topic 2

George had a strong relationship with his father. How would you describe the relationship between George and his father? How did the relationship help George become the man he grew up to be?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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