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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tagomi do to spite Reiss?
(a) Reports him to the Third Reich.
(b) Communicates only through his assistant.
(c) Signs for the release of Frank.
(d) Makes an appointment with vom Meere.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Joe admit to really being career-wise?
(a) A clothing designer.
(b) An armed guard.
(c) A military policeman.
(d) A book reviewer.

3. In Chapter 11, who is revealed to be the mystery Abwehr, Rudolf Wegener?
(a) Nobuke Tagomi.
(b) Frank Frink.
(c) Joe Cinnadella.
(d) Herr Baynes.

4. What does Juliana do after she leaves the hotel?
(a) Steals a car.
(b) Begins to cry.
(c) Disguises herself.
(d) Seeks help.

5. What does Tagomi feel he can no longer do now that his most prized possession has been tainted with evil?
(a) Be a collector.
(b) Trust anyone.
(c) Oversee trade deals.
(d) Live in his home.

6. Having a shadow cut off the sun just as Tagomi begins to read into the sun's effect on the jewelry in order to emphasize his mood is an example of the use of what literary device?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Irony.
(d) Flashback.

7. In Chapter 13, what does Juliana come to realize as the real job for which Joe was hired?
(a) To kill Hawthorne Abendsen.
(b) To return her to Frank.
(c) To destroy the American territories.
(d) To deliver Frank to the Germans.

8. In Chapter 12, what dilemma does Wegener's suggested plan of action present to the Japanese?
(a) Assisting evil to gain peace.
(b) Permitting German law to advance technology.
(c) Denying faith to achieve power.
(d) Losing territorial rights to maintain independence.

9. Toward the end of Chapter 12, what does Tagomi realize about Reiss and vom Meere?
(a) They are working undercover for Japan.
(b) They are eager to help him out.
(c) They are responsible for the surprise attack.
(d) They are behind Ramsey's defection.

10. What type of person does Reiss conclude must have written The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) A Slav.
(b) A Black.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A Woman.

11. In what way does Frank feel Juliana can use her talent to help the Edfrank Jewelry business?
(a) She can bring in more financial backing.
(b) She can help them sell their jewelry.
(c) She can make the shop more efficient.
(d) She can create more attractive pieces.

12. What do Baynes's thoughts tell the reader about Mr. Yatabe at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Tagomi already knows him.
(b) Baynes works for him.
(c) He is in the SD.
(d) He is a business executive.

13. How does Joe appear when he tries to explain to Juliana what Abendsen is saying in the novel?
(a) Humbled.
(b) Proud.
(c) Agitated.
(d) Bewildered.

14. Why does Childan feel he must read The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) To advance his social skills.
(b) To keep up with the Kasouras.
(c) To fulfill his patriotic duty.
(d) To further understand his shop's clientele.

15. After having dinner with the Kasouras, Childan says he no longer feels________________.
(a) Intimidated.
(b) Saddened
(c) Useless.
(d) Ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he sits in his office, engrossed in reading The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, what does Reiss suggest is the "power of fiction" ?

2. What feeling best describes Juliana's reaction to Joe's explanation about his cash supply?

3. What surprises Tagomi about Mr. Yatabe, whose real name is Tedeki?

4. As Chapter 14 opens, what is Tagomi doing?

5. In Chapter 9, to whom does Childan decide to take a piece of jewelry?

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