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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. The children and their mother live in a single room in ___________________.
(a) a convention center.
(b) a tar-papered barracks.
(c) an old motel.
(d) a dormitory.

2. Why did a guard kill one of the internees one night?
(a) He said the man was going to shoot him.
(b) He said the man attacked him with a knife.
(c) He said the man was trying to escape.
(d) He said the man was going to shoot into the camp.

3. The woman eventually buys tape and _______________ at the hardware store.
(a) screws.
(b) twine.
(c) putty knife.
(d) paint.

4. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.
(a) distant.
(b) noncommittal.
(c) angry.
(d) confused.

5. What is the name of the camp where the Japanese-American people will now live?
(a) Talawanda.
(b) Tupac.
(c) Zinc.
(d) Topaz.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days after his father's arrest did the family have no information about where he was?

2. Why can the father not work in the company he had worked for before?

3. How do most people in town greet the family?

4. This book is about a ________________________ family.

5. What does the War Relocation Authority allow some camp residents to do?

(see the answer key)

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