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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. On page 118, how many missions had been sent to retrieve a lost batalion?

2. What did some boys say a magic word was?

3. What senator said that the Japanese "cannot be assimilated" (111)?

4. When did H.R. 4103 come before the Senate?

5. What injury did Senator Daniel K. Inouye receive when he fought with the 442nd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did George and Henry have to explore at the camp?

2. Why did Takekuma and Fumiko answer no on questions 27 and 28 on a questionaire from the U.S. government?

3. What did Chevy and Ford tell George and Henry?

4. What did George's father tell him about Santa Claus's arrival on page 103?

5. What was a benshi?

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

7. What were the only terms under which some of the young men would fight, and what happened to them because of their stand?

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

9. Who was Daniel K. Inouye?

10. Were was the Takei family transferred in May of 1944 and why?

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

Many detainees struggled with how to answer a loyalty questionnaire. Why did the loyalty questionnaire cause a moral dilemma for many of the detainees?

Essay Topic 3

The detainees were asked to complete a loyalty questionnaire. What questions were asked in the loyalty questionnaire? What two questions were particularly contentious? What did those questions and the questionnaire convey about hypocrisy?

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