Q 01/05

In Farewell to Manzanar, what does Jeanne's mother smash rather than sell to a dealer for fifteen dollars?

A) Her china dishes

B) Her glass lamps

C) Her lacquer trays

D) Her record collection

Answer · why

A) Her china dishes

Her china dishes, a treasured set she could not carry when the family got 48 hours to move. Insulted by the offer, she broke every piece in front of t...

Q 02/05

In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne's father is falsely accused of delivering what to a Japanese submarine?

A) Maps

B) Radios

C) Food

D) Oil

Answer · why

D) Oil

Oil, a local newspaper reported, supposedly carried out to sea on his sardine boat. He was held for months at an enemy-alien camp before rejoining the...

Q 03/05

The Spanish name of the camp in Farewell to Manzanar recalls the valley's old orchards of which fruit?

A) Pear

B) Peach

C) Apple

D) Cherry

Answer · why

C) Apple

Apple orchards gave the place its name: manzanar is Spanish for one. The farm town that grew them was abandoned by 1929, after Los Angeles bought up t...

Q 04/05

Which all-American hobby does Jeanne learn at camp in Farewell to Manzanar and later use to join a Boy Scouts band?

A) Tap dancing

B) Cheerleading

C) Accordion playing

D) Baton twirling

Answer · why

D) Baton twirling

Baton twirling, practiced for months at Manzanar, makes her the majorette of a drum and bugle corps after the war. She soon senses that the boys and t...

Q 05/05

Which president signed Executive Order 9066, the 1942 order behind the removal described in Farewell to Manzanar?

A) Harry S. Truman

B) Franklin Roosevelt

C) Herbert Hoover

D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer · why

B) Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt signed it on February 19, 1942, authorizing the removal of anyone deemed a threat from the West Coast. Two-thirds of the roughly 12...