Barbed Wire Baseball

At eight years old, Zeni wanted to play baseball. Other people discouraged him from doing that, mostly based on

• Zeni's lack of knowledge about baseball.

• Zeni's nationality (Japanese).

• Zeni's state of mind.

• their own doubts about Zeni's size and skills.

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Zeni went on to become a baseball coach, manager, and player as an adult, but that all changed when, in 1941,

• his mother told him that he was wasting his time playing a silly game.

• he was rejected by the New York Yankees.

• his family moved to Japan.

• the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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At the internment camp in Gila, Arizona, Zeni pinned up an inspirational picture over his bed. What did this picture represent to him?

• It was a picture of towering redwood trees.

• It was a picture of him with his wife and two teenage sons.

• It was a picture of him in a baseball uniform next to two famous baseball players, and represented a good time in his life.

• It was a map of his home town in Nisei.

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Which of the following uses 'desolate' the same way it is used in the story? (pg. 163)

• The reading assignment was long and desolate.

• Charlie, a first grader, sat alone in a desolate cafeteria waiting for someone to arrive.

• Grandpa's car started to act desolate, so it had to be taken to a mechanic.

• When the team scored its first goal, the desolate crowd cheered enthusiastically.

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Who helped Zeni prepare the baseball field at the Gila camp?

• Zeni's two sons helped at first; then some other boys and men joined in.

• Zeni's teammates from the Fresno Twilight League

• The guards at the Gila camp helped him.

• Zeni's cousins, Harvey and Howard

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What is the most likely reason the author included sensory details in paragraph 40?

• to explain why Zeni chose castor beans instead of oak trees

• to explain how to build a professional baseball field

• to describe how the irrigation line was going to water the grass

• to describe how the baseball field was beginning to form and look real

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Which of the following sequences of events is accurate?

• First, Zeni chopped down plants and dug up rocks. Then, he used a bulldozer to level the field. After that, he used flour to make chalk lines. Finally, he diverted an irrigation line to the field to solve the dust problem.

• First, Zeni chopped down plants with a bulldozer. Then, he used dug up rocks to level the field. After that, he used flour to make chalk lines. Finally, he diverted an irrigation line to the field to solve the dust problem.

• First, Zeni chopped down plants and dug up rocks. Then, he used a bulldozer to level the field. After that, he diverted an irrigation line to solve the dust problem. Finally, he used flour to chalk the foul lines.

• None of the above

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Zeni and his sons sneaked out of their barracks at night to build (pg. 171)

• bleachers for spectators to sit on, and a backstop as well.

• baseball bats for all the prisoners.

• signs that would surround the baseball field.

• a new office for the camp commander to thank him for allowing them to play baseball.

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After the field was ready, how did Zeni acquire the necessary equipment to play baseball?

• He sent a private message to the camp commander for equipment.

• He took donations from the public by placing an ad in the newspaper.

• He asked workers at Holman's Sporting Goods to donate baseball equipment.

• He passed a hat among the families at camp to collect money for equipment.

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On page 174, the author begins with the setting 'on a bright May day.' Why would the author decide to start the page this way?

• The author wants to create a mood of sadness and desolation because they are prisoners.

• The author wants the reader to know that Zeni and his friends are very bright.

• The author wants to create a positive mood to the final pages of the story.

• The author is trying to distract the reader from the sadness of the characters.

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