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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ichiro's mother think Japan will look like when they return?
(a) Different since it has been bombed by the U.S.
(b) The same as it did 35 years earlier.
(c) She doesn't want to move back.
(d) She doesn't talk about Japan.

2. How did Ito get out of the U.S. Army?
(a) He was kicked out for bad behavior.
(b) He was too old.
(c) He got out on a medical leave.
(d) He was not a good soldier.

3. How old is Ichiro?
(a) 28 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 20 years old.
(d) 25 years old.

4. What does Ichiro have to show for going to prison?
(a) A college degree.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lots of friends.
(d) A job.

5. Why does Freddie like the woman across the hall so much?
(a) She is a good cook.
(b) She is tall and skinny.
(c) She is teaching him how to speak Chinese.
(d) She accepts him for who he really is.

6. 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 chase him into the street.
(c) Taunt him and start to take off his clothes.
(d) Ask him to join the army.

7. Who asks Ichiro to go outside of the gambling hall during his first visit there with Kenji?
(a) Kenji.
(b) Ichiro's father.
(c) Bull.
(d) Taro.

8. What country does Ichiro believe has changed his life in the most negative way?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Japan.

9. What makes Ichiro realize he is a true American citizen?
(a) He has attended school in the United States.
(b) He was born in the United States.
(c) He has never been to Japan.
(d) He speaks fluent English.

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

11. How long has Ichiro been away from home?
(a) Four months.
(b) 14 months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

12. What is a conscientious objector?
(a) Someone who doesn't like to read.
(b) Someone who likes to protest.
(c) Someone who refuses to participate in war based on religious, moral, or ethical grounds.
(d) Someone who likes philosophy.

13. What are "Relocation Camps"?
(a) A place to sign up for the U.S. Army.
(b) A place where families spent summer vacations.
(c) A place to help people move from one house to another.
(d) Detention centers for people who were thought to possibly pose a threat to national security.

14. As he prepares to leave for Portland, Ichiro is trying to get over his past and do what?
(a) Reconnect with his parents.
(b) Get on with his own life.
(c) Get his driver's license.
(d) Make up with his brother.

15. Why is Ichiro mad at his mother when they argue for the first time?
(a) Because she thinks the U.S. won the war.
(b) Because she thinks the war is not yet over.
(c) Because she calls him a true Japanese and that he will always be Japanese.
(d) Because she won't let him go to the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Ichiro relate to Kenji's pain?

2. Why did Ichiro refuse to join the military?

3. Describe the area where the illegal gambling halls are located:

4. What nationality does Ichiro identify with most?

5. Which country does Ichiro's mother think won the war?

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