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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ichiro's father move to the United States?
(a) So they could buy a house with a white picket fence.
(b) To learn how to speak English.
(c) So they could make money and then return to Japan to live comfortably.
(d) To give his sons the best schooling possible.

2. Where is Ichiro's brother, Taro, going to school?
(a) High school.
(b) Grade school.
(c) Trade school.
(d) College.

3. Where did Kenji and Ichiro go to find illegal gambling halls?
(a) Pike's Peak.
(b) Japantown.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Downtown.

4. Describe the area where the illegal gambling halls are located:
(a) The streets are clean, and there aren't very many buildings.
(b) The streets are dirty, and the buildings are run-down.
(c) The streets are clean, and the buildings plain.
(d) The streets are dirty, but the buildings are new.

5. What does Ichiro learn from Kenji's father?
(a) Kenji is going to die soon.
(b) Kenji is moving back to Seattle.
(c) Kenji died at 3 p.m. that afternoon.
(d) Kenji got a job at an engineering firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kenji want Ichiro to visit back in Seattle?

2. What might Portland represent to Kenji?

3. Who asks Ichiro to go outside of the gambling hall during his first visit there with Kenji?

4. What do we learn from Kenji about Emi and her feelings about Ralph?

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

(see the answer key)

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