Characters
The narrator of your story
Rennie Stroud
“I think the Japanese are bringing the war home to Ellis.”
Rennie Stroud
Define one of these words: internment camp, pinocle, or quid
internment camp - detention center
pinocle - popular card game
quid - chewing tobacco
US General who commanded the Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Mrs. Stroud's sewing group
The Jolly Stitchers
Name the three boys that worked on the beet farm for the Strouds
Harry, Carl, and Emory
Who said it? “Those folks came from California. Where at is it you’re from, Frank?” People laughed because Mr. Martin had moved to Ellis from Italy after the Great War, and he ate spaghetti and sold dago red to the high school boys for fifty cents a jar. His real name was Martinelli, and some people said that meant jackass in Italian. Mr. Martin sent a reproachful look at the man who’d spoken.
Loyal Stroud
divinity - Christmas candy
rendered - made
tandem - two items, one in front of the other
Who was President at the beginning of WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
The author of your story is . . .
Sandra Dallas
Bully who hangs with Danny Spano and Pete Elliot
Beaner Jack
“You should have talked to him, Loyal. You could have told him there’s some of us here that don’t hate the Japanese. That reporter’s going to write us up like we’re a bunch of rednecks,” said WHO?
Redhead Joe Lee
Define one of these words: illuminated, nuisance, prognosis
illuminated - lit up
nuisance - annoyed
prognosis - prediction of the course of a disease
The bomb that hit Nagasaki was called . . .
Fat Man
Describe three concepts of the setting.
1940s; Ellis, Colorado; prairie
Was married to Helen; was imprisoned in Fort Madison; killed Susan Reddick
Bobby Archuleta
"You called. You were the only ones from the town. And you gave Harry a job," ___________ said.
Mr. Hirano
Define two of the following words: fraternize, furlough, court-martialed
fraternize - to be friendly with
furlough - leave of absence from work or military duty
court-martialed - a member of the armed forces on trial for breaking military laws
These people allowed the US Navy to predict Japanese movements which allowed the US to win the Battle of Midway
Codebreakers
Why were people moved into the internment camps?
Pearl Harbor had been bombed by the Japanese and those that lived on the west coast were forced by the US government to move to "prevent espionage" from happening.
Rennie's teacher; had a secret as to why she had moved to Ellis
Ms. Ord; Jim Yamamoto's wife
"But people lie all the time."
Betty Joyce
divulge - to tell or reveal in public
jurisdiction - area of control or authority
tribulation - trouble or difficult experience
The Japanese Emperor that surrendered after Nagasaki was bombed was . . .
Hirohito
The type of book that is a "coming of age" story is called a . . . and in this story, it applies to this character - _________________
Bildungsroman - Rennie Stroud