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Which statement would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• The first people to arrive at Manzanar were the volunteers who helped build it.
• Japanese-Americans were unsure of where they were being taken when they left home.
• Manzanar was overcrowded and offered little comfort or privacy to those who were taken there.
• The Manzanar Free Press was established by Japanese-American prisoners.

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Which of the following answer choices describes two main ideas in the article?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter into World War Il; after the war ended, the Manzanar War Relocation Center closed.
• Many Americans believed that Japanese-Americans were spying on the United States; this belief caused discrimination against Japanese-Americans
• Some Japanese-Americans in camps were asked to take a loyalty test; many of them were allowed to leave and find jobs and homes.
• Many Japanese-Americans were sent to relocation centers during World War Il; at Manzanar, prisoners worked to make the best of a bad situation.

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Japanese-Americans would be MOST LIKELY to agree with which of the following statements?

• Living in the relocation centers would have been tolerable for Japanese-Americans if there had been more privacy.
• The United States government respected the contributions of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
• The relocation of Japanese-American families during World War Il intensified feelings of anger and racism.
• Japanese-Americans posed a significant threat to the lives of Americans during World War II.

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Why did President Roosevelt MOST LIKELY authorize the removal of Japanese-Americans from their homes?

• He was afraid that Japanese-Americans would threaten war efforts of the United States.
• He was afraid that Japan would succeed in bombing other countries in World War II.
• He believed he could anger the Japanese government by sending Japanese-Americans to camps.
• He believed that Japanese-Americans should be drafted for military service at Manzanar.

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Which of the following are key words that indicate a problem-solution text structure? (3)

• Problem
• Answer
• Fix
• First
• Contrast

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor created fear in some people in the United States, especially toward Japanese-Americans. What was the United States’ response to this problem?

• The United States entered WWII on the side of the Allies to fight the German and Japanese armies.
• President Roosevelt authorized the removal of people who might threaten America’s war efforts.
• The Immigration Exclusion Act stopped Japanese people from immigrating to the United States.
• The Manzanar Riot occurred where two people were killed and ten were wounded.

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What was the Japanese-American’s solution to the bad conditions they had been forced to live in?

• They lacked privacy and had to share small bathrooms and bedrooms.
• They were not allowed to be drafted for military service.
• The people were crowed into a small camp and shoved into small houses.
• They created churches and clubs and had sports and music events.

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What was the solution the United States Civil Liberties Act issued to Japanese Americans who were prisoners at the prison camps during WWII?

• They were granted citizenship.
• They were given jobs and offered services at the camps.
• They were granted $20,000 and an apology.
• They were allowed to leave the camps and find their own homes.

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In a quality problem/solution text, the author should include just one solution.

• True
• False

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Which sentence from the excerpt shows how the Nikkei most likely felt about the relocation center?

• “Whoever I met carried wet towels on his heads.”

• “It seemed as if they had reached the ends of the earth.”

• “Due to a shortage of wood, barracks were built with green pine that shrank and left cracks between the boards, allowing sand and insects to seep and creep inside.”

• “Everyone over seventeen was fingerprinted and had to sign an agreement that he or she would live by the regulations of the center and work.”

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