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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Frank 's intentions when he returns to the factory?
(a) To get his tools back.
(b) To apologize to his boss.
(c) To protect his friend's job.
(d) To pick up his paycheck.

2. In Chapter 12, what happens while Tagomi and his visitors meet in his office?
(a) Armed guards come storming in.
(b) Ramsey is caught listening in.
(c) He is informed of a bomb scare.
(d) He receives a call from Reiss.

3. When Childan returns to his office in Chapter 4, who does the client waiting for him claim to represent?
(a) An agent from the Trade Commission.
(b) An Admiral of the Imperial Army.
(c) A businessman from the Middle East.
(d) A leader of the Third Reich.

4. What image set forth in The Grasshopper Lies Heavy seems to upset Joe the most?
(a) Japan as greedy.
(b) The USA as a weakling.
(c) Italy as a traitor.
(d) Germany as a hero.

5. Why does McCarthy, rather than Frank, go to Childan's shop to market their jewelry?
(a) Childan might recognize Frank.
(b) Frank is busy producing more.
(c) Childan is a childhood friend.
(d) McCarthy is more sociable.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wyndam-Matson, how does bringing up the past tend to make people feel?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Joe admit to really being career-wise?

3. What does Childan learn about the carrier ship Syokaku from the Tokyo Herald?

4. What does Baynes say they must wait for before he and Tagomi can meet?

5. As he sits in his office, engrossed in reading The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, what does Reiss suggest is the "power of fiction" ?

(see the answer key)

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