Desert Exile

Uchida's family was transported to the camp by

• car

• bus

• train

• boat

What was Tanforan used for before it was a converted into a camp

• sports arena

• a car racing track

• a horse racing track

• a horse breeding farm

How long were Uchida and her family at the camp before they learned that her father would be joining them?

• a year

• a week

• a month

• more than a year

Which of the following lines from the story does not contain sensory details

• Shivering in the cold, we pressed close together

• Our card playing neighbor scoured the camp for a container

• having known the luxury of soaking in deep, pine scented tubs

• Once we got inside the gloomy, cavernous mess hall, I saw hundreds of people.

The incident where Uchida wakes up the neighbor's son with a broom demonstrates that

• the families got very sick of living so close to each other

• the families in the camps often helped and relied on each other

• there was not much to do in the camps, so people often slept all day

• the stress of living in the camps caused the families to turn on each other

Proof that the world outside the camps knew what was happening inside the camps is supported by the fact that

• the families could send telegrams daily

• mail arrived at the camp two times a day

• the author received food packages from friends

• one woman was able to get a barrel for a soaking tub

Who were the former residents of Barrack 16, Apartment 40

• Solidiers

• cows

• campers

• horses

During the first few weeks of camp life, what was the one constant for the narrator and her family?

• loneliness

• hunger

• sickness

• selfishness

What is one drawback of communal living in the camps

• lack of privacy

• noise

• competition for supplies

• all of the above

Why wasn't the narrator's father at Tanforan

• He was in another internment camp called Topaz

• He was in a hospital suffering from pneumonia

• He was in prison in Montana

• He was deported to Japan