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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freddie want Ichiro to do with him at after the funeral?

2. What does Ichiro tell Mr. Morrison, the man in charge of the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

3. How many customers are in the Burnside Cafe when Ichiro walks through the door?

4. Why does Ichiro's father take the death of his wife so calmly?

5. Where does Kenji go before picking up Ichiro at the grocery store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kenji bring as a present for his father and why?

2. What makes Kenji's family different from Ichiro's family?

3. Describe Kenji's father's house.

4. What is one possible reason why Ichiro was offered a job by Mr. Morrison at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

5. What news does Emi share with Ichiro after his mother's funeral?

6. What does Ichiro understand about his mother after her death?

7. Why does Ichiro go to the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

8. What does Kenji's family do together that night?

9. What makes the priest at the funeral stand out?

10. Why does Ichiro's father feel a sense of relief following Ichiro's mother's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what it was like to be a Japanese-American following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Include details about how other groups (whites, blacks, for example) reacted to Japanese-Americans, what options Japanese-Americans had, and how the war affected them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how other characters influenced Ichiro throughout the book. Use specific examples of how at least three different characters influenced Ichiro in either a positive or negative manner. Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ichiro's family with Kenji's family. What are the major similarities and differences? How does Ichiro's decision not to go to war and Kenji's decision go to war play into the differences in the families? Explain the influence each family was to Ichiro and Kenji.

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