Characters
Camp Life
Themes
Setting
Plot
100
This character is arrested and accused of sabotage
Papa / Ko
100
This is the job that Mama works at Manzanar.
Dietician
100
One of the themes of this novel is the destruction of family life under internment. List 3 examples of times we see this theme.
1) The family no longer eats together 2) Woody gets drafted into the army 3) Papa begins drinking and acting abusively (There are many possible answers for this)
100
At the beginning of the story the Wakatsuki family lives in this neighborhood.
What is Ocean Park
100
The story begins with what historical event?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941.
200
This character is drafted into the army
Woody
200
Everyone over the age of 17 had to sign this document
Loyalty Oath
200
Another theme in the book is prejudice and stereotyping result in cruelty and injustice. List 3 examples of this.
1) The existence of internment camps 2) Radine assumes Jeanne cannot speak English 3) Jeanne is not allowed to join Girl Scouts (many possible answers)
200
The first morning the Wakatsuki family wakes up in the camp barracks they find themselves covered with what?
Dust
200
Before Papa joined the family in Camp Manzanar he was at Fort Lincoln. Why did Papa not speak about his experiences at Fort Lincoln?
He was accused of disloyalty and it was shameful
300
When the family first moves into the barracks at Manzanar, this character says they are "living like animals".
Mama
300
This is the hobby that Jeanne stuck with at Manzanar in an attempt to be accepted as "truly American".
Baton twirling
300
A theme in the book is everyone has difficulties understanding their identity. List 3 examples of when characters have had trouble understanding how they fit into the world.
1) Papa is accused of being an "inu" 2) Jeanne considers converting her religion 3) After the camp, Jeanne does not feel she fully belongs to Japanese culture or American culture
300
What was the one thing about Camp Manzanar that was described as providing Papa and other Issei with "sustenance"? In other words, what did they like about their surroundings?
The mountains
300
Fred Tayama, a man who is considered a "friend of the administration at camp", was beaten up one night. A young cook is blamed and arrested. What sort of reaction does this cause?
The December Riot
400
At Manzanar Jeanne considers changing religions. What religion does she consider converting to, and who inspires this?
Catholicism. Maryknoll nuns
400
Jeanne's brothers make a game out of doing what at mealtimes?
Trying to eat as many times as possible
400
Papa compares Japan and America to two parents who are fighting. He says, "When your mother and father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop fighting?" Which of the 3 themes can you apply this statement to?
Everyone has difficulties understanding their identity.
400
When Manzanar officially closes where does the family go? Does everyone go together?
Some family members go to New Jersey, but Papa, Mama, and Jeanne go back to California.
400
What contest does Jeanne win at school? Who tries to stop her from competing? Who tries to prevent her from winning?
Carnival Queen Papa Teachers at school
500
This character was first surprised that Jeanne knew how to speak English, but quickly becomes her new friend.
Radine
500
What recreational activity could people measure the amount of freedom they had with?
Hiking - They could measure their freedom based on how far they could go unescorted
500
The racial slurs and insults present in newspapers and propaganda represent what theme?
Prejudice and stereotyping result in cruelty and injustice.
500
Where does Woody go to meet Papa's family?
Ka-ke, a town near Hiroshima, Japan.
500
Where does Jeanne take her family in the very end?
Back to visit Camp Manzanar
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