Home Was a Horse Stall
Name:___________________________
Directions: Answer the following questions after reading the story and side-pieces.
1. ________________ was the year in which the story takes place.
2. ______________________________________ was the city and state in which the story takes place.
3. __________________________________ was the month, day, and year that Pearl Harbor was
bombed by the Japanese.
4.___________________________ was the mother of Tsuyako (“Sox”).
5. ___________________________ was the father of Tsuyako.
6. The ______________________________________ of 1906 destroyed the Kataoka’s restaurant.
7. ____________________________ was the crop that Masajiro grew.
8. The California __________________________________________ denied the right of land ownership
to anyone who was not eligible to become a U.S. citizen.
9. ____________________, _____________________, and ____________________ children in
California were segregated into “oriental” schools.
10. ___________ was the nickname given to the youngest Kataoka child, Tsuyako.
11. ___________________ was the religion practiced by the Kataokas.
12. ______________________ was the rancher friend of the Kataokas who prepared them a farewell
breakfast.
13. __________________ was Sox’s older sister, nicknamed “Nee”, who worked for Mrs. Perkins.
14. _________________ was the term for a “first generation” Japanese immigrant, such as Yumi and
Masajiro.
15. ____________________________________ was issued by President Roosevelt establishing “military
areas” along the west coast and limiting the activities of “any or all persons” within them.
16. _________________________________________ narrowed the focus of the restrictions by
announcing that “All persons of Japanese ancestry, alien and non-alien” be excluded from the west
coast.
17. ____________ was the term for a “second generation” Japanese-American, such as Tsuyako and
Nobuko.
18. _________________ was the number of Japanese-Americans who were evacuated from the west
coast and into camps.
19. ______________________________ in San Bruno, California, was the first place the Kataokas were
moved.
20. _________________________________ was the city and state the Kataokas were later moved to
(Barracks instead of horse stalls).
21. __________________________ were 300 Japanese-Americans who refused to pledge their loyalty
and were jailed for draft resistance.
22. _____________________________ became Sox’s husband in August 1945.
23. President _____________________ revoked Executive Order 9066 and formally apologized to
Japanese-Americans.
24. The ________________________________________ of 1988 gave each surviving internee $20,000
as a symbolic reparation for their hardships.
25. Senator ______________________________, in 1950, launched a notorious campaign to expose
“communist plots” within the government.