Ch 1
Why did the boats return?
Pearl Harbor
How long will it be before Jeanne sees her father again?
9 months
Who did Jeanne write the book with
Her husband
What is a traditional beauty standard in Japan?
To paint faces ghastly white
How did the mess hall change families?
Familes fell apart
What was Papa arrested for?
selling oil to the Japanese submarines offshore
Before the government apprehends him, what is Papa's occupation?
Fisherman
What draws Jeanne to study the Catholic religion with the Maryknoll nuns?
Stories of the Martyrs and Saints
What was the monthly pay for Mama at the camp?
$ 19
Papa lived here _____years longer than the interrogator?
9 years
At the camp, Jeanne continually had a/an
Stomach and diarrhea
What is never eaten with rice among the Japanese?
Sweets
Why might Papa still feel some loyalty to Japan?
It is his homeland
For privacy in the bathroom, they set up...
a cardboard partition
Mama went to work at the camp as ______.
a dietician
She had never been around Japanese people before
Why is Jeanne terrified at her new school?
In Idaho, Papa worked for a lawyer’s family. What types of jobs did Papa perform?
valet, a cook, a chauffeur, a mechanic
What was the first thing everyone saw as Papa exited the bus?
the cane
What were the things Papa burned on the night of Pearl Harbor?
Flag and passport
What was the thing that bothered Mama most about the camp?
The bathrooms
Who decided the families should go into the internment camps?
the government
What is compelling about the tallest woman in the camp, the mother of one of Jeanne’s playmates?
She was half-black
How many children does Papa have?
10