Behind the Wire Fence

Which sentence tells you what the article is mainly about?

• Bill's family owned a store

• Bill was a teacher for many years

• During WW2, Japan bombed the U.S.

• During WW2, the U.S. put Japanese Americans in prison camps

Based on the article, how many Japanese Americans were put into interment camps?

• 20,000

• 27.000

• 120,000

• 127,000

In the sentence "But after the bombing, Japanese Americans were viewed with suspicion and fear," "suspicion" means you believe someone is __.

• bad

• good

• poor

• rich

Which best describes Heart Mountain?

• boring because there were no kids

• dirty and crowded

• small but clean

• noisy because of city traffic

What happened to most people after they were allowed to leave the camps?

• They turned the camps into towns and lived in them.

• They moved to Japan.

• They went back to their old lives.

• They had lost everything and had to start over.

After 40 years, the U.S. government apologized and gave __ to each person still alive who had been in the camps.

• $20,000

• $27,000

• $120,000

• $127,000

Which would be the best new title for “Behind the Wire Fence”?

• “Why World War II Happened”
•  “Locked Up Unfairly”
•  “Japanese Americans in the 20th Century”
• “Return to Heart Mountain” 

Which line from the article shows that people tried to make the best of their situation in prison camps?

• “Nothing could prepare Bill for what greeted him at the end of his journey.” 
• “The thin walls barely kept out the frigid Wyoming winds and snows.”
• “Nearly 40 years after the camps closed, Congress launched an investigation.
• “Children attended camp schools and formed baseball teams.” 

During World War II, many Japanese Americans who were not in internment camps were ______. 

• working in museums 
•  fighting on America’s side in the war 
• attending college
• visiting Japan

something that something is bad or wrong

• Suspicion

• Citizen

• Internment

• remote

• dignity