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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. When was Hiroshima bombed?

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

3. What did George say that seeing snow felt like?

4. What did George and Henry catch on page 81?

5. What sound on page 105 indicated that Santa was coming?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Tule Lake different than Rohwer?

2. What special dinner was served at the camp on Christmas Eve?

3. Why did the internees later feel shame about their experiences?

4. What was a benshi?

5. What was H.R. 4103?

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

7. When did Santa Claus arrive at the camp?

8. What medal were men of the 442nd given at first and when did they receive another medal?

9. Where did the Takei family go in a Jeep on page 97?

10. What happened in August of 1945 and how did Japanese-Americans feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

George’s father was a strong supporter of American democracy. Why was George’s father such a strong supporter of American democracy? Why was it ironic that he defended American democracy?

Essay Topic 3

The book takes places in several different locations. How are the settings in the book presented? Are the settings a neutral background, not import to the retelling of historical events, or do the settings have the importance of a person in the book?

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