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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy often fantasizes about ______________________.
(a) playing baseball.
(b) being a pirate.
(c) going to the moon.
(d) having a Coca-Cola.

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

3. How many days is a woman packing after she sees the first internment notice?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

4. Where is the Tanforan Horse Racing Track located?
(a) Tucson, Arizona.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Seattle, Washingon.
(d) Davenport, Iowa.

5. What had the person in #86 given to the boy when he left home?
(a) A book.
(b) A feather.
(c) A blue stone.
(d) A turtle.

6. What does the woman do to the old dog she has fed?
(a) Smashes it in the head with a shovel.
(b) Gives it to the neighbors.
(c) Takes it to a shelter.
(d) Lets it sleep in the house.

7. Where does the woman store all the boxes packed with household items?
(a) The basement.
(b) The garage.
(c) A storage shed.
(d) A locked room in the house.

8. This book is about a ________________________ family.
(a) Irish-American.
(b) Japanese-American.
(c) African-American.
(d) Chinese-American.

9. What does the girl see in the moonlight when she looks out the train window?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Cars.
(c) Campfires.
(d) Mustangs.

10. What snack does the woman give her children after school?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Apples and barley water.
(c) Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.
(d) Carrot sticks and cheese chunks.

11. The train the family is on is bound for _______________.
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Utah.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the boy's favorite interests?
(a) Collecting stamps.
(b) His pet tortoise.
(c) Flying kites.
(d) Baseball.

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

14. In what city does the family live?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) Portland, Maine.
(d) Berkeley, California.

15. What did the girl's father send her for her birthday?
(a) A bottle of perfume.
(b) A set of oil paints.
(c) A collection of books.
(d) A new dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the family live in while at the Tanforan Racetrack?

2. What does the boy listen to on the radio at night?

3. Where do the woman and her children have to report the next morning?

4. In what year does the story begin?

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

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