Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	Who visited Hongo's grandfather's family the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
	A.	distant relatives looking for shelter
	B.	undercover agents from the Japanese Empire
	C.	two FBI agents
	D.	several leaders of the Japanese American community

2.	How did the U.S. government justify the rounding up of Kubota and other Japanese American men?
	A.	It cited military necessity.
	B.	It referred to special laws regarding Japanese immigrants.
	C.	No explanation was ever given.
	D.	They had documented proof of the men's illegal actions.

3.	What is Shikatta ga nai?
	A.	a Japanese custom of not talking about the past
	B.	a code phrase that Japanese Americans used during the war
	C.	the name of Hongo's grandfather
	D.	a Japanese phrase that describes how to deal with inexplicable tragedy

4.	What was Hongo's injunction?
	A.	to learn the ways of his Japanese ancestors
	B.	to tell his grandfather's story of his arrest
	C.	to tell the story of how his grandfather came to the United States
	D.	to learn how to speak very good English

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