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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tommy unhappy when he and Ichiro go to church?
(a) He thought the priest's voice was too shrill.
(b) He thinks the discrimination was unfair.
(c) He wanted a better seat.
(d) He thinks the church should be teaching Japanese traditions.

2. What man is balding with unsympathetic, dark eyes?
(a) The college professor.
(b) The priest.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Ichiro's father.

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

4. 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 Kenji family.
(d) The Shinju family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the best way to describe the book's ending:

2. The book takes place in what U.S. city?

3. Where does Ichiro decide he wants to go with Emi?

4. What happens when Ichiro pulls up to the grocery store in the Oldsmobile following his trip home from Portland?

5. Where is Ichiro's father when Ichiro gets home from returning Kenji's car?

(see the answer key)

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