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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most Japanese on the West Coast had three options: go to jail, enlist in the draft, or enter:
(a) Relocation Camps.
(b) An internship.
(c) College.
(d) Rehabilitation.

2. Why was Ichiro dismissed from the professor's office?
(a) The professor realizes Ichiro didn't serve in the military.
(b) The professor wasn't happy to see Ichiro in the first place.
(c) The professor didn't remember Ichiro.
(d) The professor was busy grading papers.

3. What are "Relocation Camps"?
(a) A place where families spent summer vacations.
(b) A place to sign up for the U.S. Army.
(c) A place to help people move from one house to another.
(d) Detention centers for people who were thought to possibly pose a threat to national security.

4. What was Ichiro studying in college before he went to prison?
(a) English.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Art History.
(d) Engineering.

5. Why does Ichiro demand to leave the first house his family visits together?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He is digusted that people still think Japan has not lost the war.
(d) He doesn't believe Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by nuclear bombs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a conscientious objector?

2. What revelation does Ichiro have on the bus about fighting in the war?

3. The mood of the book after the preface is:

4. Why is Ichiro so upset with his parents?

5. Why did Ichiro refuse to join the military?

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