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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the young boys surrounding Ichiro start to do to him outside of the gambling hall?
(a) Ask him to go for a ride.
(b) Taunt him and start to take off his clothes.
(c) Taunt him and chase him into the street.
(d) Ask him to join the army.

2. Soldiers are returning from what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

3. The book takes place in what U.S. city?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Seattle, Washington.
(d) Sacramento, California.

4. Japanese people on the West Coast were separated into various groups, depending on their allegiance to Japan because of what event?
(a) The Japanese were opening too many businesses.
(b) The bombing of the USS Enterprise.
(c) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(d) Not enough Japanese were enlisting in the U.S. Army.

5. Which family lives in an apartment that is a mile-and-a-half away from Ichiro's family?
(a) The Asida family.
(b) The Kumasakas family.
(c) The Shinju family.
(d) The Kenji family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ichiro do to his father when he tries to intervene in the argument between Ichiro and his mother?

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

3. How long was Ito in the U.S. Army?

4. "Good" Japanese-Americans were considered to be what?

5. What was the nickname of the small community where the book takes place?

(see the answer key)

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