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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a conscientious objector?
(a) Someone who refuses to participate in war based on religious, moral, or ethical grounds.
(b) Someone who likes to protest.
(c) Someone who doesn't like to read.
(d) Someone who likes philosophy.

2. After December 7, 1941 many Americans felt this way about Japanese people.
(a) They didn't even know there were Japanese people living in the U.S.
(b) Happiness and joy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Afraid and fearful.

3. Who does Kenji blame for the problems he has had since going into the army?
(a) The U.S. government.
(b) His siblings.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

4. Why does it take Kenji so many hours to pick Ichiro up at the grocery store before they leave for Portland?
(a) He isn't sure if he wants Ichiro to join him on the journey to Portland.
(b) He gets lost on the way to the grocery store.
(c) He is driving around, consumed by his thoughts about race, people, and other situations.
(d) He is consumed by positive thoughts about race relations in the U.S.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ichiro's mother think Japan will look like when they return?

2. When is Ichiro going to start his new job in Portland?

3. What does the idea of finding work represent for Ichiro?

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

5. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to take the car back to Seattle by himself?

(see the answer key)

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