Vocab
Define Riot
What is a violent public disorder
This person was hostile, aggressive, and was always considered a leader
Who is Papa
What was Papa's life like before the Pearl Harbor bombing?
What was Jeanne's life like before Pearl Harbor?
What is the life of a normal child growing up in America
after the times of the internment camp, Jeanne and her husband and kids go back to the place of the camp to let out her suppressed memories.
What is Chapter 22
Define Emigrate
What is to leave your country
This person was a scared, hard working, female, and wants the best for her family.
Who is Mama
What happens to Papa after he comes back from where he got taken away
he becomes an alcoholist and becomes hostile towards his family.
How does Jeanne feel about Papa's new personality at camp?
What is scared
Jeanne's family arrives to the internment camp and is very nightmarish and hostile for the first couple of days/weeks.
What is Chapter 3
Define Ransack
What is to search through
This person was a scared, clueless, female, who adapts to the camp much better and faster then other people.
Who is Jeanne
What is Papa's full name?
Who is Ko Wakatsuki
How does Jeanne change as she goes through the camps?
What is she matures and becomes more grateful and noticable of the things around her
Papa returns to the camp. Embittered and stripped of his dignity and power, he becomes an alcoholic.
What is Chapter 8
Define Internment
What is a confinement as a prisoner for military/ political reasons
This male character steps up in a time of need and joins the war so it can be over.
Who is Woody
how many kids does Papa have?
what is 10 children
What was the school did Jeanne go to after she left Manzanar?
What is Long Beach Polytechnic High School
The Manzanar internment camp begins to shut down as World War II comes to an end. The people who look over the camp close the schools, auctions off farm equipment, and sets a December 1st deadline where everyone should be gone from the camp.
What is Chapter 17
Define Issei
What is a first generation Japanese immigrant to north America
This person leaves the camp to live a life with her husband but eventually returns after having a baby and brings the whole family together.
Who is Eleanor
What place does Papa get taken away to?
What is Fort Lincoln, North Dakota
How old was Jeanne when she arrived at the camps?
What is 7 years old
Jeanne’s pregnant oldest sister, Eleanor, willingly returns to the amp to give birth after her husband is drafted. The family is terrified due to past camp childbirths that involved severe problems like intense and non-stop bleeding. Following an intense, two-day labor, Eleanor gives birth which brings the family relief and brings mama and dada closer together.
What is Chapter 14