Farewell to Manzanar
Study Questions: Chapter 3-5
Chapter Questions
1. Describe Woody's personality and give an example.
2. What did a seamstress do to a peacoat of Jeanne's?
3. Why were kids getting sick with fevers, vomiting, and diarrhea?
4. What did an elderly woman use to create some privacy in the lavatory?
5. Why did the mess halls break the family apart and what brought them back together?
6. What did her family do with the Grunions?
Figurative Language
a. Circle the subject and underline the predicate
b. Highlight any prepositional phrases
c. Identify the type of figurative language
d. Explain what the sentence means in your own words
"Now our cubicle looked as if a great laundry bag had exploded and then been sprayed
with fine dirt."
"A skin of sand covered the floor."
"We'll get this whole place as tight as a barrel, Mama."