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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bedrooms does Ichiro's parent's house have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. "Good" Japanese-Americans were considered to be what?
(a) Loyal to the United States.
(b) Loyal to Japan.
(c) Without loyalty for any country.
(d) Loyal to their children.

3. What happened to Bob Kumasakas?
(a) He is away at college.
(b) He is still in the U.S. Army.
(c) He was killed by a German sniper.
(d) He is at work.

4. Why is Ichiro so upset with his parents?
(a) They don't want to return to Japan.
(b) They want to close the grocery store.
(c) They refuse to believe the truth about how the U.S. won the war.
(d) They won't let Ichiro stay in the house.

5. What does Ichiro's mother think Japan will look like when they return?
(a) Different since it has been bombed by the U.S.
(b) The same as it did 35 years earlier.
(c) She doesn't want to move back.
(d) She doesn't talk about Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of the small community where the book takes place?

2. Ichiro is imprisoned for two years because:

3. Why isn't Freddie afraid of being caught in the affair with the married woman?

4. The lieutenant who volunteered for for the army instead of going to a relocation camp talked to a naive soldier from which U.S. state?

5. Why did Ichiro's father move to the United States?

(see the answer key)

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