Vocabulary
If something is permitted, it is...
A. allowed.
B. guarded.
C. earned.
D. completed.
A. allowed.
How did Taro get out of the camp?
A. He crept under the fence.
B. He pretended to be ill.
C. He cut a hole in the fence.
D. He ran very fast through the gate.
C. He cut a hole in the fence.
What is the setting for the beginning of the story?
A. the country of Japan
B. a vegetable market
C. the Pacific Ocean
D. an internment camp
C. the Pacific Ocean
The author got the idea from her own family. People from her family were sent to an internment camp in Colorado.
What does the word trickle mean in this sentence?
A trickle of water was all they needed.
A. small glass
B. large bucket
C. thin stream
D. cool spray
C. thin stream
Which sentence from the story best supports the following sentence:
He cut a hole in the fence.
A. Taro crept from shadow to shadow until he arrived at the fence.
B. Mother and Taro feared that Jimmy was becoming ill.
C. He stopped running with the other children.
D. He clipped the fence and slipped into the darkness.
D. He clipped the fence and slipped into the darkness.
What is the setting for the end of the story?
A. the country of Japan
B. a vegetable market
C. the Pacific Ocean
D. an internment camp
D. an internment camp
Why did Jimmy lose his appetite?
He did not understand why his family could not be together and why they had to move.
What does desolate mean in this sentence?
The beach was desolate but beautiful.
A. rocky
B. unpopular
C. faraway
D. deserted
D. deserted
What event made Mother and Father first start to worry?
A. Business was not very good.
B. Japan bombed Peal Harbor.
C. They had to go away.
D. The FBI was banging on the door.
B. Japan bombed Peal Harbor.
Which word best describes the theme of Fish for Jimmy?
A. Love
B. Family
C. Commitment
D. Fun
B. Family
What does it mean to search for a better life?
Mother and Father were probably poor in Japan. They came to the United States to find work, buy a house, and raise happy children.
The things to be sold in a store are called...
A. rejoin.
B. stock.
C. modest.
D. pounce.
B. stock.
Where did Taro find the shears?
A. In the camp garden
B. In the kitchen
C. Near the fence
D. Inside mother's scarf
A. In the camp garden
A. It is foreshadowing to the end of the story.
B. It is foreshadowing the theme of the story.
C. Because the Father likes fish.
D. There is no reason.
A. It is foreshadowing to the end of the story.
What was the place like where the camp was located?
The camp was in a desolate place. It must have been near mountains because that is where Taro found a stream of fish.
Which of these is a cutting tool?
A. plank
B. opals
C. shears
D. latch
C. shears
What made Jimmy want to eat?
A. The cooks made delicious food for him
B. His mother was beginning to worry about him
C. Knowing that his father would soon be there
D. Fish that Taro caught and his mother cooked
D. Fish that Taro caught and his mother cooked
Put these events from the story in the order they happened.
_____ Taro and Jimmy swim in the ocean.
_____ The family goes to the internment camp.
_____ Japan bombs Peal Harbor.
_____ Father is taken away.
__1__ Taro and Jimmy swim in the ocean.
__4__ The family goes to the internment camp.
__2__ Japan bombs Peal Harbor.
__3__ Father is taken away.
It was dusty and desolate.