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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Childan send samples of his merchandise to the university?
(a) To establish a new clientèle.
(b) To save on shipping fees.
(c) To verify his client's accusations.
(d) To identify fingerprints on them.

3. What does Baynes make clear to Tagomi in Chapter 5 about Mr. Yatabe's visit?
(a) It must be secret.
(b) It must be uncompensated.
(c) It must be brief.
(d) It must be recorded.

4. What is Wyndam-Matson certain of when he hears Calvin's complaint?
(a) He will never be found out.
(b) Childan is only looking for money.
(c) Calvin will go to the police.
(d) Frank and McCarthy are behind this.

5. What is revealed about Baynes when the young driver tries to make conversation with him in Chapter 5?
(a) He doesn't understand Japanese.
(b) He doesn't like Orientals.
(c) He doesn't acknowledge inferiors.
(d) He doesn't speak Swedish.

6. What word best describes Childan's overall opinion of the Germans?
(a) Anger
(b) Gratitude
(c) Admiration.
(d) Distrust.

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

8. In Chapter 6, what does The Oracle predict that further distresses Tagomi?
(a) His own death.
(b) A global catastrophe..
(c) His wife will leave him.
(d) The destruction of the PSA.

9. Joe's comments about the war and the Germans show that he is opposed to ___________.
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Fascism.

10. For what reason does Tagomi think Baynes is coming to visit him?
(a) To mediate peace negotiations.
(b) To seek release of political prisoners.
(c) To share technological information.
(d) To arrange for a trade agreement.

11. What is it about Ramsey that makes Tagomi unwilling to share all the information about Baynes with him?
(a) He is considered lower in social status.
(b) He is suspected to be a spy.
(c) He is known to be a gossip.
(d) He is said to be friends with Baynes.

12. How does the discussion between Joe and Juliana, inspired by Abendsen's novel, leave Juliana feeling?
(a) Joyous.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Discouraged.

13. What about Frank makes it difficult for him to move to a new territory?
(a) His criminal background.
(b) His older age.
(c) His limited skills.
(d) His ethnic background.

14. How have Frank's feelings for the Japanese changed over the years?
(a) From fear to amusement
(b) From hate to acceptance.
(c) From respect to disgust.
(d) From indifference to adoration

15. What are the pincos of Sacramento described as being?
(a) A powerful mobster organization.
(b) An underground network of spies.
(c) The puppet white government.
(d) The lower class farm laborers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Tagomi causing him to leave the special session of the Foreign Office?

2. What is discovered as being the source of W-M Corporation's real profit?

3. Why does Tagomi feel it would be better if his assistant, Ramsey, selected the gift for Baynes?

4. According to Childan, what is special about some of the people his shop gives him the opportunity to meet?

5. What makes Juliana certain she and Joe could never be part of the colonization on other planets?

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