Farewell to Manzanar Exam Study Guide
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
She was interred there with her family when she was a young girl. - CORRECT ANSWER -
What is the author's (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston) relationship to Manzanar?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: In 1911 the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and
Naturalization allowed the Japanese to file for U.S. citizenship.
December 7, 1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
March 25, 1942 - CORRECT ANSWER - When did evacuees begin to arrive at the Manzanar
Camp?
Loyal citizens cannot be held in detention camps - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the
Supreme Court ruling of December 18, 1944?
August 14, 1945 - CORRECT ANSWER - When did World War II end?
The wharf in Long Beach, California, in 1941. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the setting
when the story opens?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: The night Papa heard the news, he celebrated
by singing the Japanese national anthem.
Contacting Japanese ships off the west coast - CORRECT ANSWER - The FBI thought the
Japanese fishermen might be ___?
, True - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: When Papa was arrested, he maintained his
dignity.
The other Japanese people - CORRECT ANSWER - On Terminal Island, Jeanne was afraid of
___.
Exclude anyone who might be considered a threat to the war effort - CORRECT ANSWER -
Order 9066 authorizes the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to
___.
Warm - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following does not describe the barracks?
Cracks in walls, crowded, dusty, warm
Stomach cramps and diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWER - At the camp, Jeanne continually had
___.
Latrines - CORRECT ANSWER - For Mama, using the ___ was a humiliation that she never
got used to.
It cannot be helped and there's nothing you can do about it - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe
the Japanese phrase Shikata Ga Nai. Be sure to include its actual meaning and its meaning for the
families at Manzanar.
Because of how many other people there were, families would split up. Adults would eat with
adults, teens would go around to other mess halls in search of better food, and children would eat
with other children. - CORRECT ANSWER - According to Jeanne, how did the mess halls of
Manzanar affect the family structure?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: When Jeanne first saw her father as he got off
the bus at the camp, she cried.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
She was interred there with her family when she was a young girl. - CORRECT ANSWER -
What is the author's (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston) relationship to Manzanar?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: In 1911 the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and
Naturalization allowed the Japanese to file for U.S. citizenship.
December 7, 1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
March 25, 1942 - CORRECT ANSWER - When did evacuees begin to arrive at the Manzanar
Camp?
Loyal citizens cannot be held in detention camps - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the
Supreme Court ruling of December 18, 1944?
August 14, 1945 - CORRECT ANSWER - When did World War II end?
The wharf in Long Beach, California, in 1941. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the setting
when the story opens?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: The night Papa heard the news, he celebrated
by singing the Japanese national anthem.
Contacting Japanese ships off the west coast - CORRECT ANSWER - The FBI thought the
Japanese fishermen might be ___?
, True - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: When Papa was arrested, he maintained his
dignity.
The other Japanese people - CORRECT ANSWER - On Terminal Island, Jeanne was afraid of
___.
Exclude anyone who might be considered a threat to the war effort - CORRECT ANSWER -
Order 9066 authorizes the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to
___.
Warm - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following does not describe the barracks?
Cracks in walls, crowded, dusty, warm
Stomach cramps and diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWER - At the camp, Jeanne continually had
___.
Latrines - CORRECT ANSWER - For Mama, using the ___ was a humiliation that she never
got used to.
It cannot be helped and there's nothing you can do about it - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe
the Japanese phrase Shikata Ga Nai. Be sure to include its actual meaning and its meaning for the
families at Manzanar.
Because of how many other people there were, families would split up. Adults would eat with
adults, teens would go around to other mess halls in search of better food, and children would eat
with other children. - CORRECT ANSWER - According to Jeanne, how did the mess halls of
Manzanar affect the family structure?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False: When Jeanne first saw her father as he got off
the bus at the camp, she cried.
