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Literature Final exam

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bottom of page 52, top of 53:

That's how I remember him before he disappeared. He was not a great man. He wasn't even a very successful man. He was a ____________, a braggart, and a tyrant. ...he could work well at any task he turned his hand to: he could raise vegetables, sail a boat, _____________ a case in small claims court, sing Japanese poems, make false teeth, carve a pig.

(a)  

2.

True or false: Jeanne's family members feel closer to each other as the internment camps begin to close.

a)

True

b)

False

3.
True or False: When Jeanne first saw her father as he got off the bus at the camp, she cried.
a)
true 
b)
false
4.

True or false: Some Japanese Americans in the internment camps do not want to leave when the camps begin closing.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Who is the only person who hugs Papa when he arrives at Manzanar?

a)

Jeanne

b)

Mama

c)

Woody

6.

Bottom of page 52, top of 53:

That's how I remember him before he disappeared. He was not a great man. He wasn't even a very successful man. He was a ____________, a braggart, and a tyrant. ...he could work well at any task he turned his hand to: he could raise vegetables, sail a boat, _____________ a case in small claims court, sing Japanese poems, make false teeth, carve a pig.

(a)  

7.

Read page 43, checkoff the items about Papa that are true.

a)

he was the oldest son

b)

he was born in 1887

c)

he dropped out of military school

d)

he moved to China

8.

Which of these does Papa NOT burn after Pearl Harbor is attacked?

a)

Official documents

b)

A Japanese flag

c)

An American flag

9.

The Wakatsuki family stopped eating together because...

a)

the mess hall food made them sick.

b)

Granny didn't like the food.

c)

the older siblings started to eat with their friends.

d)

no one wanted to talk during meals.

10.

What was the first thing Jeanne noticed about Papa when the bus door opened?

a)

He had gained a lot of weight.

b)

He walked with a cane.

c)

He was bald.

d)

He was wearing nice clothes.

11.

In one chapter, Kaz, Jeanne's brother-in-law, was confronted by MP's while he worked in a...

a)

oyster shucking shack.

b)

reservoir maintenance shack.

c)

shake shack.

d)

canning factory shack.

12.
Order 9066 authorizes the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to ________.
a)
Start the draft
b)
Make soldiers become spies
c)
Take over companies to make war supplies
d)
Exclude anyone who may be a threat
13.

What is the family coated with over the first night in the internment camp?

a)

Flour

b)

Sand

c)

Sugar

14.

What was the first thing the FBI was doing with all the Japanese men on Terminal Island?

a)

Imprisoned them

b)

Put them in Internment camps

c)

Questioning/Interrogating them

15.

Which of the Wakatsukis is too weak to eat in the mess hall?

a)

Mama

b)

Granny

c)

Jeanne

d)

Woody

16.

Which obstacles must Jonas face? Check all that apply.

a)

not telling others about his training

b)

trying to understand why the elders took away good things

c)

seeing the color red

d)

getting out of telling his family about his dreams

e)

losing his patience

17.
To be awed is to be 
a)
thin
b)
rough
c)
wonderstruck
d)
shy
18.

Following the conversation about the sled, The Giver wanted Jonas to understand his capacity to see beyond. Which line from chapter 12 is an example of Jonas's ability?

a)

We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

b)

The Giver looked startled at the certainty of Jonas's reaction.

c)

Close your eyes and be still, now. I'm going to give you a memory of a rainbow.

d)

Lie back down, now. We have so much to do.

19.

Why was Jonas late for his second day of training?

a)

He rode with Asher to the Department of Bicycle Repair.

b)

He saw the change in Fiona's hair that he had experienced earlier with the apple.

c)

His teacher kept him after school to ask how his training went.

d)

He helped Fiona in the House of the Old first.

20.

Why doesn't it snow in Jonas's community?

a)

The community had climate control.

b)

The earth was getting warmer.

c)

Jonas's community is near the equator.

21.

How do spouses meet?

a)

People fall in love and get married.

b)

People apply to the Committee and the Elders choose for them.

c)

Elders choose a spouse when people turn the appropriate age.

d)

People choose their spouses at the Ceremony of Fourteen.

22.

How do the Elders decide if a couple is ready to receive a child?

a)

The potential parents are monitored for three years.

b)

They give potential parents money and monitor their responsibility.

c)

They only give children to parents who work in the Nurturing Center.

d)

The potential parents must take a test.

23.

What was the previous Receiver's job with Jonas?

a)

To train him.

b)

To give Jonas all the memories of the world.

c)

To teach him all that he knows.

d)

To leave him in charge.

24.

Why doesn't Jonas's family support Fritz getting a bicycle?

a)

He can't ride a bicycle yet.

b)

They are afraid he will crash into something.

c)

He is always making small transgressions.

d)

His bicycle will be a newer model than theirs.

25.

What hppens to the Tens to signal that they are ready to enter adulthood?

a)

They are given a bike.

b)

They now wear their coat buttons on the front.

c)

Their hair is cut short.

d)

They begin volunteer hours.

26.

If you don't fit in with the community, you can apply to leave.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why is Jonas afraid of the act of lying?

a)

He thinks it will make him different from the rest.

b)

He thinks he might get used to lying all of the time.

c)

He thinks that maybe everyone in the community lies.

d)

It is a hard rule to get used to.

28.
To be awed is to be 
a)
thin
b)
rough
c)
wonderstruck
d)
shy
29.

The Receiver's home is different from other households in the community. Which is not a difference?

a)

The furniture and fabrics are a bit more luxurious.

b)

The door has a lock.

c)

It is not in the boundaries of the community.

d)

The speaker is able to be turned off.

30.

What instruction impresses Jonas the most?

a)

prohibited from dream-telling

b)

being exempt from rudeness

c)

being able to lie

d)

not discussing his training with the elders or his parents.

31.

What does Jonas receive for the first time?

a)

PIZZA!!

b)

a dog

c)

memories

d)

a chair

32.
What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?
a)
She is a Nurturer
b)
She is a Storyteller
c)
She is a Birthmother
d)
She works for the Department of Justice
33.
In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community? 
a)
He was a spy from an enemy community. 
b)
He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time
c)
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
d)
He crashed his aircraft
34.
Which of the following is a time when release is a celebration? 
a)
the old
b)
committing a crime
c)
new child
d)
your birthday
35.
Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?
a)
Asher is easily disappointed and will probably find fault with his assignment
b)
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests
c)
Asher will fail at any Assignment he is given
d)
Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for an Assignment
36.

Read page 43, checkoff the items about Papa that are true.

a)

he was the oldest son

b)

he was born in 1887

c)

he dropped out of military school

d)

he moved to China

37.

Papa emigrated to the United States in 1904 because...

a)

he didn't like his father's tea house.

b)

he wanted better work opportunities.

c)

his father had too many children.

d)

he flamed out of military school.

38.

The Wakatsuki family stopped eating together because...

a)

the mess hall food made them sick.

b)

Granny didn't like the food.

c)

the older siblings started to eat with their friends.

d)

no one wanted to talk during meals.

39.

A mother ------- her own needs to care for the needs of her children.

a)

patriarch

b)

designation

c)

alleviate

d)

subordinates

40.

Papa was taken to this place to be interrogated by the FBi?

a)

Manzanar, California

b)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

c)

Ft. Lincoln Internment Camp, North Dakota

d)

Terminal Island, California

41.

Bottom of page 52, top of 53:

That's how I remember him before he disappeared. He was not a great man. He wasn't even a very successful man. He was a ____________, a braggart, and a tyrant. ...he could work well at any task he turned his hand to: he could raise vegetables, sail a boat, _____________ a case in small claims court, sing Japanese poems, make false teeth, carve a pig.

(a)  

42.

What happened to Jeanne on the way to chapel one day?

a)

She tripped over a rock.

b)

She hitched a ride with a neighbor.

c)

She had a sunstroke.

d)

She fell down a cliff.

43.

When did Papa return?

a)

September 1941

b)

October 1942

c)

April 1941

d)

September 1942

44.

Jeanne writes an essay about eating what with her family in Ocean Park?

a)

Beans

b)

Chicken

c)

Fish

d)

Rice