Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Camp Harmony
Minidoka Relocation Center
Minidoka Relocation Center
100
Who is Basho?
Mina's cat
100
Who will care for Basho?
Jamie
100
Who visited Mina's family at Camp Harmony?
Jamie's family
100
Instead of horse stalls, where does Mina's family sleep?
barracks
100
Where does Mina's father work in the camp?
at the newspaper
200
What does Grandpa breed?
roses
200
What is the only thing Grandpa packs?
a rose bush
200
Why doesn't Grandpa eat?
He doesn't like the American food.
200
Nick says Father got out of prison early because he was a what?
coward
200
What does Nick do with his high school diploma?
rip it up
300
Where is Mina when she hears about the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
school
300
What does Mina's family do with their house when they leave?
board it up
300
What did the guards take from Mother when they arrived?
her Bible
300
How does Mother earn $12 and hours?
washing dishes
300
Where does Nick go when the family returns home to Seattle?
Tokyo, Japan
400
What gift does Jamie give Mina for Christmas?
a broken heart necklace
400
What does Mother do with all their furniture?
cover it with sheets
400
How did they make their beds?
They stuffed sacks with straw.
400
What does Mother order for herself with her first paycheck?
hand cream from a catalog
400
Why does Mina like her second teacher better than the first?
She builds a small library and lets them use any name they want.
500
What does the government do to Father's letters?
blacks out sections
500
Who signed Executive Order 9066?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
500
What do the guards search Mina's family for when they arrive?
lice and tuberculosis
500
What two main things do the prisoners complain about throughout the story other than the food?
lines and dust
500
Who does Nick rescue in the "gates of hell"?
Jewish prisoners
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