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WorksheetsBetrayed by America
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Reread the section “Mistrust and Suspicion.’” Which quote below BEST expresses the central idea of this section?
“By the early 1900s, a large number [of Japanese immigrants] had settled on the West Coast”
(6).
“The bombing of Pearl Harbor fanned the flames of prejudice” (6).
"There was no evidence that such rumors were true” (6).
“ In fact, a military report in January 1942, stated that less than 3 percent of Japanese Americans
posed a potential threat to the U.S. . . .” (6).
Read the central idea of the section “Crowded, Smelly, Dusty” stated in the box below. Then read the lines from the article listed under it. Which detail does NOT support the central idea? Central Idea:
Japanese Americans were abruptly forced out of their homes and given little information about their relocation.
“In the coming days, Bill’s family scrambled to sell their belongings” (7).
“The instructions did not say where they would be going or how long they would be gone”
(7).
“They sold what they could—houses, furniture, cars—often getting only a fraction of what they
paid originally” (7).
“At the church, Bill and his family joined dozens of others” (7).
Betrayed By America
During World War II, the American government forced thousands of
Japanese Amer icans from their homes and imprisoned them in internment
camps. This is the story of one boy who was there.
Lewis’s tone as she writes about the internment of Japanese Americans in the headline
and subtitle could be described as disgusted and disapproving.
Choose one statement below that does NOT explain how Lewis’s word choice helps create
a disapproving tone.
The word betrayed in the headline conveys that Japanese Americans were failed by, or
treated wrongly by, America. In using the word betrayed, Lewis sounds like she is disgusted
by and disapproves of how the American government treated Japanese Americans.
The words forced and imprisoned convey harsh treatment. In using these words, Lewis
sounds like she is disgusted by and disapproves of how the American government treated
Japanese Americans.
Lewis explains that the story is about something that occurred during World War II. By
mentioning the name of the war, Lewis sounds disgusted and disapproving.
The author begins the section “Trouble on the Way” by describing how America’s economy began to recover from the Great Depression in the 1940s and how Bill’s family was thriving. Toward the middle of the section, she writes, “But trouble was on the way.”
Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing. The sentence, “But trouble was on the way,” changes the mood from
hopeful to uneasy.
relaxed to surprised.
tense to apprehensive.
Text structure is the term for how an author organizes information. Information in the section “Crowded, Dusty, Smelly” uses a sequence-of-events structure. Which words and phrases in the section help you identify this text structure?
“crowded, smelly, dusty”; “neatly pressed suits”; “bewildered expressions”
“By spring”; “In the coming days”; “Eventually”; “Only days earlier”; “Now”
“Similar scenes played out. . .”; “. . . Bill and his family joined dozens of others”; “The instructions said to
bring bedding, clothing, utensils, and personal effects . . .”
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience. Select the word
that best describes the author’s tone in the section “Heart Mountain.”
nervous
skeptical
disgusted
pleased
The section “Trouble on the Way”
explains why Japanese Americans were sent to
internment camps.
helps readers understand what led to the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
provides information about Bill’s personality.
shows the role that the attack on Pearl
Harbor played in the internment of Japanese
Americans.
On page 6, Kristin Lewis writes, “The bombing
of Pearl Harbor fanned the flames of prejudice.”
Context clues reveal that to “fan the flames” is to
make something more intense.
make efforts to improve a difficult situation.
burn something up until it’s gone.
make something better.
The author supports the idea that Japanese
Americans were viewed with suspicion after Pearl
Harbor in all of the following ways EXCEPT
by describing the rumors that were spread
about Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor.
by quoting a newspaper headline about
Japanese Americans.
by explaining that President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066.
by referring to information from a military
report.
On page 8, Lewis writes that Heart Mountain
“looked nothing like its name would suggest.”
She means that the camp
was usually called by a different name.
was not in the shape of a heart.
was not a warm and inviting place.
was not in the mountains.
On page 8, Lewis likely includes the detail about
mothers stiching curtains for the barracks to
explain what the role of women was in the
camps.
support the idea that the barracks were pleasant
places to live.
show that the residents of the camps tried to
make the best of their situation.
describe the kinds of jobs detainess were given.
The article “Betrayed By America” and the poem
“Children of Camp” both
explain why Japanese Americans were sent to
internment camps during World War II.
express a personal reaction to Pearl Harbor.
show what life was like for people after they
were released from internment camps.
help the reader understand what life in an
internment camp was like.
