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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ichiro's family can best be described as:
(a) Angry and sad.
(b) Loving and happy.
(c) Funny and jovial.
(d) Difficult and complicated.

2. What happens when Ichiro shakes his father?
(a) He wakes up and calls the police.
(b) He wakes up, then passes out again.
(c) He mumbles that he knows exactly what happened.
(d) Nothing, he doesn't wake up.

3. When did everything change in his marriage, according to Ichiro's father?
(a) When they opened the grocery store.
(b) When they made the trip from Japan to America.
(c) When they had children.
(d) When she tried to stack the cans.

4. Ichiro believes that his father is neither a husband, a father, Japanese, NOR:
(a) A good fisherman.
(b) A good business owner.
(c) American.
(d) A good role model.

5. What might Portland represent to Kenji?
(a) A place to find a job.
(b) A chance to ease his physical pain.
(c) A chance to drive his new car.
(d) A chance to make new friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ichiro so angry before he leaves for Portland?

2. Why do Freddie and Ichiro feel guilty?

3. Where is Ichiro's father when Ichiro gets home from returning Kenji's car?

4. What has contributed to the tough times in Japan?

5. Who arranged the marriage between Ichiro's parents?

(see the answer key)

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