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BarbedWireBaseballVocabularyandStoryQuestions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Descent means:

a)

background of someone - where their relatives are from

b)

to be in a prison camp

c)

a type of baseball game played on a field

d)

being able to evaluate ideas or summarize texts

2.

Internment camps are

a)

a prison like area, often during a war

b)

a camp where you go to have fun

c)

a prison for criminals

d)

a camp in Japan for Americans

3.

A desolate place is a place that

a)

is fully, happy, and full of joy

b)

is empty, lonely, and unhappy

c)

is a dry desert location

d)

is a field

4.

Diverted means:

a)

change the direction of

b)

dig in the dirt

c)

cultivate a plant

d)

be captured and sent to an internment camp

5.

someone that's a spectator

a)

paints pictures

b)

makes things out of materials

c)

watches an event

d)

emerges from water

6.

Barbed Wire Baseball is : biography or autobiography

(a)  

7.

The story structure of Barbed Wire Baseball is

a)

chronological

b)

cause/effect

c)

magazine article

d)

problem/solution

8.

To make the best of a terrible situation, the main character:

a)

contacted people in Fresno to complain

b)

was sad at the internment camp

c)

built a baseball field

d)

escaped while the guards in the watchtower saw

9.

The story takes place soon after 1941. In 1941:

a)

The president allowed Japanese Americans to be sent to prison-like camps

b)

The president sent Japanese Americans to Japan

c)

The president did not do anything to endanger anyones' lives

d)

The president allowed Japanese Americans to have trials to see if they needed to go away

10.

True or False: The government forced Zeni and other Japanese Americans into internment camps

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Zeni made sure they created a place for the baseball game's spectators

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: Zeni chose to go to the camp so he could play more baseball

a)

True

b)

False