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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bedrooms does Ichiro's parent's house have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. Why did Ichiro refuse to join the military?
(a) He didn't want to leave his friends.
(b) He thought he was too young to join.
(c) He didn't know how to use a rifle.
(d) He was afraid and his mother didn't want him to go.

3. The "good" Japanese-Americans were allowed to do what?
(a) Return to their homes and businesses.
(b) Start their own army.
(c) Enter the U.S. Army and serve the United States.
(d) Move back to Japan.

4. 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 hungry.
(c) He is digusted that people still think Japan has not lost the war.
(d) He is tired.

5. What does Taro want to do right after he is done with school?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Join the Boy Scouts.
(c) Take over the family business.
(d) Enlist in the U.S. Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many blocks does Ichiro's mother walk to get bread?

2. Ichiro and his family go to visit other families when he returns home. How do they know these families?

3. What do the negroes in the pool hall tell Ichiro to do?

4. Soldiers are returning from what war?

5. What is Ichiro searching for when he returns home?

(see the answer key)

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