Why were George's parents called "NO-NOS"?

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Let's examine each option in turn and weigh the historical details they imply.
Option 1: 'Because they answered "no" to questions 27 and 28 on the War Relocation Authority and the Army questionnaire given to all Japanese-American adults in the camps.' This statement aligns with the well-known No-No Boy phenomenon, which referred to individuals who answered no to the loyalty questions 27 and 28 on the WRA’s questionnaire administered to adults in the camps. The reference to the War Relocation Authority (WRA) questionnaire is accurate, and noting that it applied to Japanese-American adults in the camps captures the core idea of why some were labeled 'No-Nos.' This option is historically coherent and plausible.
Option 2: 'Because they answered "no" to questions 1 and 2 on the San Francisco census' This option misplaces the origin of the term. The No-No label arose from the loyalty questionnaire in the camps, not from census questions in San Francisco. Census questions would have a very different context and would not generate the No-No designation in that setting, making this option inaccurate.
Option 3: 'Actually, they weren't called "No-Nos," so the question itself is wrong!' While it’s possible for a specific family or anecdote to differ, the widely known term 'No-No Boy' specifically referred to those who answered no to the loyalty questions on the WRA questionnaire. Declaring the term entirely incorrect would ignore the documented usage in historical discussions and literature, although some sources may debate nuances. As a general statement about the term’s existence, this option is not the strongest factual claim.
Option 4: 'Because they answered "no" to questions 27 and 28 on the War Relocation Authority and the Army questionnaire given to all Japanese and Japanese-Americans on the West coast regardless of their age or citizenship' This option mixes elements from different sources and adds a geographic and demographic caveat that isn’t standardly accurate. The loyalty questionnaire was administered to Japanese Americans in the camps (not specifically only on the West Coast), and the description here ties it to an Army questionnaire in a way that is not the canonical framing of the term. By inserting unnecessary scope (West Coast, regardless of age or citizenship) it becomes less accurate than the standard historical explanation.
Option 5: 'Because the only word they knew in English was "no," they used to say "no no" all the time to anything that was ever asked of them, so the camp guards used to refer to them as the "no-nos."' This explanation relies on a caricature and a simplistic linguistic anecdote rather than the actual policy-driven origin of the term. The No-No label arose from the loyalty questions and the political context, not a characterizable habitual one-word usage in everyday speech.
In summary, the most precise explanation ties the nickname to the loyalty questionnaire (questions 27 and 28) administered by the War Relocation Authority to Japanese American adults in the camps, which is what gave rise to the term 'No-No' for those who answered no to those questions. Other options either misstate the source, overgeneralize the context, or rely on historically dubious anecdotes.

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Why were George's parents called "NO-NOS"?

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