Baseball Saved Us

What does "easy out" mean?

• It is the name of a popular song.
• Someone expects that you can get on the dance floor.
• It's a baseball term meaning you will easily get out.
• It means it is easy to get out of trouble.

Why were Japanese Americans taken to interment camps?

• The government thought that Japanese Americans could not be trusted because they were at war.
• Japanese Americans left their home and lives to make their own country.
• Japanese Americans wanted to be together in the desert.
• They thought it would be fun to start a baseball team.

Why was it important for "Shorty" to hit a home run?

• Because they would stop calling him "Shorty".
• Because it would make him feel like part of the team.
• Because they were behind in scoring and if he hadn't hit the home run, they would have lost.
• Because they would get to go home.

Why do you think that Dad decided they needed baseball?

• Because they wanted to leave the camp.
• Because they could play after doing their chores.
• Because it was something fun to do.
• Because not doing anything was causing everyone to do and act in ways that they usually wouldn't.

Why do you think having the nickname "Shorty" was a good thing for the boy?

• Because it was true that he was short.
• The boy wanted everyone to know he was short.
• Because the kids smiled when they said it and it made him feel part of the team.
• Because he knew he wasn't going to be short for ever.

What does the word discrimination mean?

• unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of what they look like, or where they come from.
• Not wanting to be friends with someone.
• Disagreeing on favorite baseball teams.
• having the same beliefs and national origin. 

Barracks

• is another word for watch tower
• are horse stalls
• living quarters for soldiers and where they lived in camp
• the wire surrounding the camp

Because nobody looked like them, people assumed that they were still the enemy from the war.

• They didn't speak English.
• The boy wanted to try harder to be better at baseball. 
• They couldn't speak Japanese.
• The boy was outcasted by others at school, even when the war had ended and they left the camp.

 Anyone of Japanese descent was sent to camps. According to the government, they could not tell who might be loyal to Japan. 

• It was the beginning of World War I.
• It was hard to tell who was Chinese.
• On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the US at Pearl Harbor.
• Germany was at war with Europoe.

The story takes place during World War II.

• True
• False