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Discussion Questions for Chapter 11
1. What was the purpose of the Loyalty Oath? For what reasons did the government issue it? (p. 84-85)
2. What would be the result of a "no, no" answer as the internees understood it? What was the government actually doing with the "disloyal"?
3. What would a "yes, yes" answer mean as Ko understood it? As the government intended it?
4. What was the conflict between Ko and Woody regarding the oath? How would each vote and why?
5. Who could qualify for "relocation"?
6. How did the oath change many Japanese Americans' attitude toward the United States of America?
7. What was the JACL resolution? How was it viewed at the time it was passed? After the war, how was the JACL strategy viewed? [You will have to read the footnote to get this information.]
8. Why did Papa get livid at the meeting? Describe the scene that occurred inside the meeting hall, outside the hall, and back in the family's barrack.
9. What was the "deep-throated lament" that papa sang? What does it symbolize?