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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Childan's ride in the pedicab make him feel?
(a) Inconspicuous.
(b) Superior.
(c) Respected.
(d) Ordinary.

2. What word best describes Wyndam-Matson's reaction when Rita tells him about The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Hope.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Mockery.

3. What technique is used in Chapter 4 to introduce the reader to the character of Wyndam-Matson?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Contrast.
(c) Anecdote.
(d) Chronology.

4. Because he is Swedish, who does Tagomi believe Mr. Baynes will probably politically favor?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Americans.
(c) Germans.
(d) No-one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tagomi receive that makes him become suspicious of Baynes's real intentions?

2. What does Childan do as a result of what he has learned from the university in Chapter 4?

3. According to Wyndam-Matson, how does bringing up the past tend to make people feel?

4. What does the author use to establish the relationship between Frank and McCarthy, his foreman?

5. In Chapter 3, what do we learn about how Juliana Frink makes her living?

(see the answer key)

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