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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 In a Stranger's Backyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the people transported from the train to the camp?
(a) Bus.
(b) Vans.
(c) Cart.
(d) Cars.

2. The family learns that a possible reason they had not received mail from friends is because ____________________.
(a) there was a shortage of stationery items during the war.
(b) postage costs were too prohibitive.
(c) they did not know where to address the letters.
(d) the mailman told them it was a crime to send letters to internees.

3. What does the boy's mother ration?
(a) Lemons.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Facial cream.
(d) Coffee.

4. What does the girl remember doing with her father in the early mornings?
(a) Squeezing fresh orange juice.
(b) Reading the newspaper.
(c) Walking the dog.
(d) Jogging.

5. The girl tells the man in #42 that her father is being held in which state?
(a) Kansas.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?

2. The girl remembers a vacation to the location in #47 where she had _____________ for dinner every night.

3. What does a soldier tell the occupants of the train to do while they pass through a town in Nevada?

4. What is scattered all over the house?

5. Who is the old woman who sometimes thinks she hears her mother calling her?

(see the answer key)

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