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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Childan upset over as the novel opens?
(a) An undelivered package.
(b) A store robbery.
(c) A missed appointment.
(d) An artist's complaint.

2. What does McCarthy tell Frank he has a plan to get for their business?
(a) Materials from an old friend.
(b) Approval from the Japanese Ministry.
(c) Financing from their former boss.
(d) Shop space from an uncle.

3. What is discovered as being the source of W-M Corporation's real profit?
(a) Inferior construction materials.
(b) Counterfeit war bonds.
(c) Fake antique guns.
(d) Imitation Chinese artifacts.

4. What Axis power is most accepting of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) Italy.
(d) Hungary.

5. As Chapter 2 opens, what is Tagomi consulting the I Ching about?
(a) His romantic future.
(b) His upcoming visitor.
(c) His job security.
(d) His physical health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frank Frink worrying about when the reader first meets him?

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

3. Why has Paul Kasoura come to San Francisco?

4. According to Tagomi, what aspect of the German massacre of the Jews caused the Japanese to refuse to participate?

5. For what reason does Tagomi think Baynes is coming to visit him?

(see the answer key)

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