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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. In Chapter 7, how much bigger is Japantown than Chinatown?

2. What does Henry use to get transport Keiko's memorabilia to his home?

3. What wakes Henry at the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. In Chapter 19, what day of the week does Henry want Marty and Samantha to meet him at the Panama Hotel?

5. What is the name on a pair of bronzed shoes that Henry finds in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry decide when he wonders if Ethel would approve of his digging into the past?

2. What commotion does Henry see at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What are people burning in Chapter 16, and why are they burning these items?

4. Why does Henry drop out of college when he's younger, and what does he do after dropping out?

5. Why are Chaz and his father at Henry's home when Henry arrives in Chapter 20?

6. How does Henry get permission to look through the belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel?

7. Why are Saturdays special to Henry in Chapter 7?

8. Why does Henry end up riding the wagon with all of Keiko's photos down a street?

9. What does Henry find in a large leather suitcase with a clear Lucite handle?

10. Who are Chaz Preston and Denny Brown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marty makes assumptions about his father. What assumptions does Marty make about Henry? How are his assumptions proved to be wrong? How does realizing that he has been wrong about his father affect the relationship Marty has with Henry?

Essay Topic 2

Father-son relationships is a theme in the novel. How is the relationship that Henry has with his father different from the relationship that his son has with him? How does culture and what is going on in the world affect those relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Henry's father is pleased to think that the Japanese will be moved from the area. Why is Henry's father pleased to think the Japanese will be moved away? Why does he think that will be a benefit to him and to his fellow Chinese? What does he believe he will gain?

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