What did Zeni decide to build at the internment camp in Arizona?

A baseball field with grass and bleachers.

How did they the equipment to play?

He collected money and sent it to Holman's Sporting Goods in Fresno.

How did the family help Zeni finish the baseball field?

Howard drew the foul lines and Zeni's wife sewed bases.

When did Zeni first come to love baseball?

When he was 8, his dad took him to see a baseball game.

Barely five feet tall and weighed only 100 pounds.

What caused Zeni's world to collapse?

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

How did Zeni make the edge of the outfield?

He planted quick-growing castor beans.

Where did Zeni and his sons get the wood to build bleachers for the spectators?

They stole wood from the fence surrounding the camp.

How did Zeni feel when he hit the homerun in that first game?

He felt ten feet tall, and nothing would ever make him feel small again.

What two teams were Zeni involved with?

Fresno Neisi League and Fresno Twilight League

What is Kenichi Zenimura known as?

The father of Japanese American baseball., The "Dean of the Diamond."

Why were Zeni and 120,000 other Japanese Americans sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor?

The government thought they could be Japanese spies.

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1
What were the foul lines made of?
Flour.
Chalk.
Crushed-up Rice.
White strips of plastic.
2
What did Zeni decide to build at the internment camp in Arizona?
A school with tables and chalkboards to help teach his children.
A hospital to help treat those who were sick.
A comfortable house with a bed and a refrigerator.
A baseball field with grass and bleachers.
3
When Zeni told his parents he wanted play baseball, why did they tell him he shouldn’t?
He was too small.
They thought sports were a waste of time.
They didn't have money to buy a baseball bat for him.
He was already playing too many other sports.
4
How did they the equipment to play?
He collected money and sent it to Holman's Sporting Goods in Fresno.
The women made all the equipment from rice sacks.
He collected money and sent it to Coleman's Sporting Goods in Fresno.
He collected money and sent it to Dick's Sporting Goods in Fresno.
5
How did the family help Zeni finish the baseball field?
Howard drew the foul lines and Zeni's wife sewed bases.
They helped him plant the grass around the field.
They did not help.
Zeni's wife drew the foul lines and Howard sewed bases.
6
How many people came to watch the first game?
10,000
5000
600
6000
7
What did his parents want him to become, instead of playing baseball?
A professional football player.
A lawyer.
An engineer.
A doctor.
8
Who made the baseball uniforms?
Zeni.
Babe Ruth donate them.
the women.
Zeni's sons.
9
When did Zeni first come to love baseball?
When he was 6, his dad took him to see a baseball game.
When he was 7, his dad took him to see a baseball game.
He watched his friends playing it at recess.
When he was 8, his dad took him to see a baseball game.
10
Why was it difficult to create a baseball park within the camp grounds?
There was very little room.
The ground was very hard.
There was a flood which made the ground too wet.
It was dry and dusty.
11
Zeni's sons went on to play professional baseball. Who did they play for?
Corp Hiroshima
Carp Hiroshima
Hiroshima Corp
Hiroshima Carp
12
How big was Zeni?
Barely five feet tall and weighed only 100 pounds.
Almost 7 feet tall and weighed almost 200 pounds.
Almost 7 feet tall and weighed almost 150 pounds.
Barely five feet tall and weighed only 90 pounds.
13
What material was used to make the uniforms?
Potato sacks.
Rice sacks.
Fabric that they found in the trash cans.
Pillow cases.
14
When Zeni had a ball or a bat in his hands, how did he feel?
Like a professional baseball player.
Like a giant.
Tired, because the ball and bat were very heavy.
Like Bigfoot.
15
With which famous baseball players was Zeni photographed?
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Roger Clemens and Ted Williams
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
16
What caused Zeni's world to collapse?
The French attack on the Palace of Versailles in 1789.
He couldn't go to a baseball game because his mom made him go to school.
He had to quit baseball because he permanently broke his leg.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
17
What was the only thing that Zeni thought could make the desert camp a home?
Baseball
Clean drinking water.
A comfortable bed.
A refrigerator.
18
How did Zeni make the edge of the outfield?
He used the extra wood to mark off the edges.
He made Howard create a flour border.
He planted quick-growing castor beans.
He waited for the grass to grow longer.
19
Who was the book written about?
Kenichi Zeni
Kenny Zeni
Zeni Kenimara
Kenichi Zenimura
20
Where did Zeni and his sons get the wood to build bleachers for the spectators?
They stole wood from the fence surrounding the camp.
They cut down the tress that surrounded the camp.
They bribed the guards to give them some.
They used the limited supply of firewood they were given.
21
How did Zeni feel when he hit the homerun in that first game?
He did not feel anything because he was so used to it.
He felt ten feet tall, and nothing would ever make him feel small again.
He felt like he could have hit a better homerun.
He felt very sad because the crowd was not cheering.
22
What was the weather on the day of the first game?
Perfectly sunny.
Partly Cloudy.
Rainy.
Very cloudy and it looked like it was going to rain.
23
What team and player did he play with in the exhibition game in Japan?
Boston Red Sox; Ted Williams
New York Yankees; Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees; Babe Ruth
Boston Red Sox; Roger Clemens
24
What were the bases made out of?
Potato sacks.
Pillow cases.
Fabric that they found in the trash cans.
Rice sacks.
25
Which internment camp did Zeni and his family go to?
Phoenix, Arizona.
Washington D.C.
Gila River, Arizona.
Louisville, Kentucky.
26
What were the names of Zeni's sons?
Howard and Holden
Henry and Hudson
Holden and Harvey
Howard and Harvey
27
How many sons did Zeni have?
3
4
2
1
28
What two teams were Zeni involved with?
Twilight Neisi League and Twilight Fresno League
Fresno Neisi League and Fresno Twilight League
Fresno League and Twilight League
Neisi Fresno League and Neisi Twilight League
29
What is Kenichi Zenimura known as?
The father of Japanese American baseball.
The best lawyer to ever exist.
The best baseball player to ever live.
The "Dean of the Diamond."
30
Why were Zeni and 120,000 other Japanese Americans sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. government hated them for no reason.
The government though they could be American spies.
The government thought they could be Japanese spies.
They were never sent to internment camps.

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