1: The author describes which person with this character sketch: "He was not a great man. He wasn't even a very successful man. He was a poser, a braggart, and a tyrant. But he held onto his self-respect, he dreamed grand dreams."
a. Fred Tayama
b. Joe Kurihara
c. Ko Wakatsuki
d. Woody Wakatsuki
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2: Manzanar, one of ten internment camps, is perched on the north end of
a. the Mojave Desert
b. the San Fernando Valley
c. San Pedro Bay
d. Mount McKinley
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3: Twenty-five years after leaving the internment camp, Jeanne returns to Manzanar. In what used to be Ko's personal garden, she finds that the pear trees have survived; they now symbolize
a. internees in general, and the Wakatsukis in particular
b. the enduring love and nurturing that Ko had for his family
c. the upheaval her family suffered, from which they never recovered
d. nothing special -- a tree is just a tree
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4: This story depicts a universal truth -- that children often adopt their parents' idiosyncrasies by
a. subconsciously doing exactly what their parents did
b. initially rejecting the idiosyncrasies only to adopt them later
c. making a conscious effort to do exactly what their parents did
d. applying them to new situations
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5: Executive Order 9066, which led to the creation of the detention centers, was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on
a. May 5, 1943
b. board the U.S.S. Constitution
c. February 19, 1942
d. board the U.S.S. Enterprise
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6: In the competition for carnival queen, the teachers and secretaries plot to stuff the ballot box to avoid having a Japanese queen. The plot, however, is uncovered by
a. Jeanne's brother, Woody
b. Leonard Rodriguez
c. Lois Carson
d. the school principal
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7: To solidify anti-Asian forces, whites began to form leagues, labor unions, and clubs such as the
a. American Legion and the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West
b. Ku Klux Klan and the True American Society
c. Union for Western Alliance and the Society of European Americans
d. Sons and Daughters of Glory and the League of America
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8: FBI agents confronted Ko with photos of barrels of fish bait and accused him of
a. using the bait to lure sharks to a popular beach
b. using the bait as a cover for explosives
c. supplying oil to enemy submarines
d. supplying food to the enemy
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9: Who said the following: “A good dancer must have good skin. . . . In order to have good skin you must rub Rose Brilliantine Hair Tonic in your face and rub cold cream in your hair.”
a. Reiko and Mitsue
b. Toyo, Ko’s aunt
c. Chizu
d. Granny
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10: Who said the following, regarding the futility and waste of Executive Order 9066: No one uncovered "a single case of Japanese disloyalty or sabotage during the whole war."
a. Barbara Walters
b. Fred Tayama
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Henry Steele Commager
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11: Who said the following: “As long as military men control the country you are always going to have a war.”
a. Ko Wakatsuki
b. Elie Wiesel
c. Mother Teresa
d. Jeanne Wakatsuki
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12: Who said the following, regarding the detention of Japanese-Americans: “[It is] the greatest deprivation of civil liberties by government in this country since slavery.”
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b. Martin Luther King
c. The American Civil Liberties Union
d. The Society of Friends (otherwise known as Quakers)
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