Question 4 • WINGS PA - 26 Literature II A Jefferson-Oliver
Read the excerpt below from Interview with Marielle Tsukamoto and answer the question that follows. Question: How long did your family spend in an internment camp? Answer: We were sent from Florin, California, to a temporary facility at the Fresno County fairgrounds for 6 months beginning in May of 1942. From there our family along with others from California were sent to Jerome, [Arkansas]. We were never at Topaz. The US government set up 10 internment camps in various locations in the United States. These camps were located in desolate, unpopulated places throughout the continental states. The government did not want the people of the United States to know much about the internment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. What was the interviewee’s purpose?
Answer
A
to spread awareness of injustice
B
to deflect from the truth
C
to make the interviewer feel guilty
D
to critique the truth
Explanation
The interviewee describes being forced from Florin to a temporary facility and then sent to Jerome, and explains that the government wanted the public to know little about the internment of Japanese Americans. This draws attention to an injustice that affected many people, so the purpose was to spread awareness of injustice. The excerpt does not suggest that she is hiding the truth or trying to make the interviewer feel guilty.
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