Farewell to Manzanar 1
This detail from Chapter 1 best reveals Papa as confident and proud of providing for his family.
What is Papa taking risks and running his own fishing business?
This event caused the fishing boats to return to the dock shortly after leaving
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This Japanese phrase used in Chapter 2 means “there is nothing we can do about it.”
What is “shikata ga nai”?
This was the family’s first home, located among Japanese fishing families.
What is Terminal Island?
This condition included crowded barracks with cracks in the walls.
What is housing?
This neighborhood is where Mama attempted to restart family life after disruption.
What is Ocean Park?
After the fishing boats returned, this happened to Papa.
What is being arrested by the FBI on suspicion of aiding the enemy?
After Papa was taken away, this family member became the leader of the household.
Who is Mama?
. This wartime camp was surrounded by guard towers and barbed wire.
What is Manzanar?
This diverse Los Angeles community is where the family lived before the war.
What is Boyle Heights?
This arrangement caused families to separate because meals were eaten in mess halls.
What is living arrangement?
This condition featured strange meals such as canned Vienna sausages and rice.
What is food?
Instead of eating together at home, the Wakatsuki family ate in these crowded places.
What are Mess Halls?
Because meals and activities were shared, life at Manzanar became this rather than private.
What is communal?
This happened to Tom Doboshi in Chapter 15.
What is being beaten by attackers who believed he was disloyal?
What is sent to jail for not showing up for his physical?
This was the effect of Papa’s violent behavior on the Wakatsuki family.
What is fear, stress, and emotional distance?
With Papa gone, this family member took responsibility for leading the Wakatsuki family.
Who is Woody Wakatsuki?
This activity Jeanne joined was later stopped because Papa disapproved when he returned.
To restart their lives, the Wakatsuki children chose to return to this city.
What is Los Angeles?
This fear explains why many Japanese Americans were hesitant to leave the internment camps.
What is the fear of homelessness, job loss, and violence from people outside?
These Supreme Court cases helped bring an end to Japanese American internment.
What are Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Yasui?
This major event happened to Woody in Chapter 15.
What is being drafted?
Rumors of attacks and refusal of service caused Jeanne to feel this about leaving camp.
What is fear or anxiety?
After returning to school, Jeanne became aware of this social reality.
What is prejudice and being viewed differently by others?
These were the rumors Japanese Americans heard from the “outside world” after leaving camp.
What are reports that former internees were being excluded or attacked?