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1. What is the setting when the story opens?
A) San Francisco
B) Long Beach
C) Los Angeles
D) Terminal Island
Correct Answer: B) Long Beach
Explanation: The story opens in Long Beach, California, where the
Wakatsuki family lives before their relocation.
2. Why did the fishermen return to shore?
A) A storm was approaching
B) Pearl Harbor got bombed
C) They ran out of supplies
D) Their boats needed repairs
Correct Answer: B) Pearl Harbor got bombed
Explanation: The fishermen returned because Pearl Harbor was bombed
on December 7, 1941, which led to immediate changes for Japanese
Americans.
3. What did Papa do the night he heard the news about Pearl Harbor?
A) He went to the police station
,B) He burned the flag he brought from Hiroshima and other documents
C) He called his relatives in Japan
D) He packed his belongings
Correct Answer: B) He burned the flag he brought from Hiroshima and
other documents
Explanation: Papa burned the flag he had kept for thirty-five years along
with any documents that might suggest he still had connections with
Japan.
4. Why was the FBI picking up Japanese-American fishermen?
A) They had illegal fishing equipment
B) They were suspected of communicating with enemy ships
C) They refused to register for the draft
D) They were stealing from other fishermen
Correct Answer: B) They were suspected of communicating with
enemy ships
Explanation: The FBI feared that Japanese-American fishermen might be
in contact with enemy submarines or ships.
5. What happened to Papa two weeks after Pearl Harbor?
A) He was sent to Manzanar
B) He was taken away by the FBI
C) He escaped to Mexico
D) He went into hiding
,Correct Answer: B) He was taken away by the FBI
Explanation: Two weeks after the bombing, Papa was arrested and
taken away by the FBI without resisting.
6. How did Papa react when he was taken away?
A) He fought the officers
B) He ran away
C) He did not struggle because there was no point
D) He begged for mercy
Correct Answer: C) He did not struggle because there was no point
Explanation: Papa accepted his arrest without resistance, understanding
that struggling would be futile.
7. Why was Jeanne afraid on Terminal Island?
A) She was afraid of the ocean
B) She had never lived around so many Oriental people
C) She was afraid of the soldiers
D) She was afraid of the dark
Correct Answer: B) She had never lived around so many Oriental
people
Explanation: Jeanne felt uncomfortable because she had not previously
been surrounded by so many Japanese-Americans.
8. What was Executive Order 9066?
A) A law requiring Japanese Americans to serve in the military
, B) An order giving the War Department authority to define military
areas and exclude potential threats
C) A law providing compensation to Japanese Americans
D) An order allowing Japanese Americans to return to their homes
Correct Answer: B) An order giving the War Department authority to
define military areas and exclude potential threats
Explanation: Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to create
exclusion zones and remove people who might threaten the war effort.
9. How did Order 9066 affect Japanese Americans?
A) It gave them citizenship rights
B) It forced them to move inland to camps
C) It allowed them to join the military
D) It protected them from discrimination
Correct Answer: B) It forced them to move inland to camps
Explanation: The order resulted in Japanese Americans being relocated
to internment camps away from the West Coast.
10. How does Jeanne describe the public attitudes toward Japanese in
California?
A) Welcoming and accepting
B) Indifferent and neutral
C) Tolerance had turned to distrust and irrational fear
D) Supportive and helpful