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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best way to describe Ichiro's mood in Chapter 2?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He is happy and relaxed.
(c) He is anxious.
(d) He is frustrated.

2. Where does Kenji's father live?
(a) In a rented house on top of a hill.
(b) In a house he owns.
(c) In a cottage by a river.
(d) In an apartment in the middle of town.

3. What does Ichiro do to his father when he tries to intervene in the argument between Ichiro and his mother?
(a) Ichiro asks his father for money.
(b) Ichiro strikes him, sending him against the wall.
(c) Ichiro hugs his father.
(d) Ichiro does nothing to his father.

4. What do we learn about Ichiro's mother before Ichiro leaves for Portland?
(a) That she doesn't like Ichiro.
(b) That she wants to sell the grocery store.
(c) She has a deteriorating mental condition.
(d) That she enjoys lining up cans and knocking them over.

5. Who reads the letter sent to Ichiro's mother?
(a) Ichiro's father.
(b) Taro.
(c) Ichiro.
(d) Emi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ichiro demand to leave the first house his family visits together?

2. What makes Kenji's car special?

3. What presents does Kenji give to his father?

4. Why does Kenji tell only his father that he is leaving?

5. What might Portland represent to Ichiro?

(see the answer key)

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