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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ichiro is imprisoned for two years because:
(a) He was caught speeding in a stolen car.
(b) He got in a fight with his boss.
(c) He refused to go to school.
(d) He refused to enlist in the U.S. Army.

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

3. What might Portland represent to Ichiro?
(a) A chance to get to know Kenji better.
(b) A place to find a job.
(c) A chance to get away from the family he resents.
(d) A place to go to college.

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

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

6. Why does Ichiro start to drink faster than Kenji while they are at the gambling parlor?
(a) He is bitter toward Bull.
(b) He has never had a drink before.
(c) He wants to hurry up and drink before the club closes.
(d) He likes the taste of whiskey.

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

8. Who invites Ichiro into Freddie's apartment?
(a) No one, Ichiro goes home.
(b) Freddie.
(c) The married woman Freddie is having an affair with.
(d) Ito.

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

10. Where has Freddie been living recently when Ichiro visits his apartment for the first time?
(a) He was in the army.
(b) He was in prison.
(c) He was living in Japan.
(d) He was away at college.

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

12. What is a "No-No" boy?
(a) A boy who never says "Yes."
(b) A boy who doesn't like his parents.
(c) A boy who constantly shakes his head.
(d) A Japanese-American who refused to go to war against the Japanese in WWII.

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

14. Why does Taro want to join the army?
(a) To ease the shame felt by the family when Ichiro refused to serve.
(b) To move away from home.
(c) To learn how to shoot a rifle.
(d) To make his parents angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ichiro call his mother when they argue after Ichiro's family visits the neighbors?

2. After December 7, 1941 many Americans felt this way about Japanese people.

3. What happened to Bob Kumasakas?

4. What does Ichiro think was worth fighting in the war for?

5. Why did Kenji receive the car for free?

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