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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Ichiro mad at his mother when they argue for the first time?
(a) Because she won't let him go to the movies.
(b) Because she thinks the U.S. won the war.
(c) Because she calls him a true Japanese and that he will always be Japanese.
(d) Because she thinks the war is not yet over.

3. The book takes place in what U.S. city?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Sacramento, California.
(c) Seattle, Washington.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

4. What does Taro want to do right after he is done with school?
(a) Enlist in the U.S. Army.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Join the Boy Scouts.
(d) Take over the family business.

5. Ichiro is imprisoned for two years because:
(a) He got in a fight with his boss.
(b) He refused to go to school.
(c) He refused to enlist in the U.S. Army.
(d) He was caught speeding in a stolen car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Freddie like the woman across the hall so much?

2. What does the letter that Ichiro's mom have say about a ship?

3. Who invites Ichiro into Freddie's apartment?

4. How many blocks does Ichiro's mother walk to get bread?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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