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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might Portland represent to Ichiro?
(a) A place to find a job.
(b) A chance to get to know Kenji better.
(c) A place to go to college.
(d) A chance to get away from the family he resents.

2. When Ichiro arrives home from spending the night with Emi, who does he argue with?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brother.

3. What does Ichiro have to show for going to prison?
(a) A job.
(b) Lots of friends.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A college degree.

4. What does Ichiro learn about his mother after her death?
(a) She tried to make life pleasant for him.
(b) She didn't like working in the grocery store.
(c) She always wanted to move back to Japan.
(d) She never wanted Ichiro to be happy.

5. What happens when Ichiro pulls up to the grocery store in the Oldsmobile following his trip home from Portland?
(a) He gets into a fight with his brother.
(b) He goes in and has dinner with his parents.
(c) He refuses to go in and drives away.
(d) The grocery store is locked and he can't get in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ichiro call a fool for wanting to enlist in the U.S. Army?

2. What happens when Ichiro shakes his father?

3. What does Ichiro learn from Kenji's father?

4. Where did Ichiro's mother fail most?

5. Why do Freddie and Ichiro feel guilty?

(see the answer key)

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