Question

What assumption is Roosevelt making in this paragraph?
The US is under threat of espionage and sabotage.
Japanese Americans pose a threat to national security.
Acts of espionage are most likely already happening.
Sabotage of national-defense premises have occurred. 2Read the excerpt from Dwight Okita’s "In Response to Executive Order 9066".

I didn’t know what to say.
I gave her a packet of tomato seeds
and asked her to plant them for me, told her
when the first tomato ripened
she’d miss me.

The narrator assumes that she will
see Denise again.
die at the camp.
be gone for a long time.
not be able to plant tomatoes. 3What is a theme in Dwight Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?
Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.
President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker.
Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy.
The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Answer 1

1) The US is under threat of espionage and sabotage.
- The paragraph justifies exclusion on grounds of protecting against espionage/sabotage, so Roosevelt is assuming such threats exist.

2) be gone for a long time.
- Giving seeds and saying the recipient will “miss me” when the tomato ripens implies the speaker expects an extended absence, not immediate return.

3) Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.
- Okita’s poem responds to the order’s impact and conveys the injustice and personal harm of the internment.