Questions and CORRECT Answers
what is the setting when the story opens? - CORRECT ANSWER - the wharf in Long Beach,
California, in 1941
why did the fishing boats return? - CORRECT ANSWER - they heard on their radios that the
Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor
True or False: The night Papa heard the news, he celebrated by singing the Japanese national
anthem - CORRECT ANSWER - False
The FBI thought the Japanese fishermen might be ....? - CORRECT ANSWER - contacting
Japanese ships off the west coast
True or False: When Papa was arrested, he maintained his dignity - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
On Terminal Island, Jeanne was afraid of...? - CORRECT ANSWER - the other Japanese
people
Order 9066 authorizes the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to
.......? - CORRECT ANSWER - exclude anyone who might be considered a threat to the war
effort
When she was in Boyle Heights, it was the first time Jeanne had ever felt ____ _______ from a
Caucasian (her teacher) - CORRECT ANSWER - open hostility
What happened to the Wakatsuki family? - CORRECT ANSWER - they were relocated to the
Manzanar camp
, Which of the following does not describe the barracks? - CORRECT ANSWER - warm
The War Department turned one barracks in the camp into a ________ factory - CORRECT
ANSWER - clothing
At the camp, Jeanne continually had ....? - CORRECT ANSWER - stomach cramps and
diarrhea
For Mama, using the ______ was a humiliation that she never got used to - CORRECT
ANSWER - latrines
Jeanne described the situation as ....? - CORRECT ANSWER - a slap in the face
According to Jeanne, which area of the camp caused her family to collapse as an integrated unit?
- CORRECT ANSWER - mess hall
Mama went to work at the camp as a _________ - CORRECT ANSWER - dietician
How old is Jeanne in this part of the story? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 years old
True or False: When Jeanne first saw her father as he got off the bus at the camp, she cried. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
As an adult, Jeanne compared her father's cane to ....? - CORRECT ANSWER - a samurai
sword
What job did Papa have at Fort Lincoln? - CORRECT ANSWER - interviewer