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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ichiro's father take the death of his wife so calmly?
(a) He won't miss his wife.
(b) He feels a sense of freedom knowing she was very unhappy with her life.
(c) He feels like he can drink whiskey any time he wants now.
(d) He can now do all the work at the grocery store by himself.

2. Who is the first conscientious objector we meet in the book?
(a) Taro.
(b) Kenji.
(c) Ichiro's father.
(d) Ichiro.

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

4. What is the Club Oriental?
(a) A private club where members can drink and buy alcohol.
(b) A Chinese food restaurant.
(c) A lounge at the train station.
(d) A legal gambling hall.

5. What part of the United States were most Japanese people rounded up and placed into Relocation Camps?
(a) East Coast.
(b) South.
(c) West Coast.
(d) Mid-West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Ichiro from being attacked with a knife?

2. Who reads the letter sent to Ichiro's mother?

3. Japanese people on the West Coast were separated into various groups, depending on their allegiance to Japan because of what event?

4. Who does Kenji blame for the problems he has had since going into the army?

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

(see the answer key)

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