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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman do as she eats her lunch?
(a) Listens to the radio.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Watches TV.
(d) Reads a book.

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

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

4. What does the woman in #70 do when she sees the boy's mother one day?
(a) Spits on her.
(b) Bows deeply before her.
(c) Walks the other way.
(d) Carries her bucket of water for her.

5. Which one in the family is a good artist?
(a) The girl.
(b) The father.
(c) The boy.
(d) The mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy's father say is the thing he likes most about America?

2. What does the woman do with the cat since pets are not permitted at the internment camp?

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

4. In which city do the passengers disembark from the train?

5. Why has the girl still not written to her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the family headed in September 1942 and where had they been living since the spring of the year?

2. What is the irony of the picture the boy hangs on his wall in the camp?

3. Why had the boy packed a pair of his father's shoes in his suitcase to bring with him to the camp?

4. Why are the hardware store owner's actions significant?

5. What does the woman do to the old dog?

6. Why does the girl lie about her father to to the man named Ted?

7. Describe the woman's visit to the hardware store.

8. What is the premise of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE?

9. What does the boy think he might have done that caused the family to be in such distressing situations?

10. What is the boy's life like at the camp?

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