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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the negroes in the pool hall tell Ichiro to do?
(a) "What's your name, boy?"
(b) "Sign up for the army."
(c) "Come play pool with us."
(d) "Go back to Tokyo, boy."

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

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

4. How does Ichiro travel around town?
(a) By walking and taking the bus.
(b) By train.
(c) He never leaves the house.
(d) He has a car.

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

6. Who does Ichiro call a fool for wanting to enlist in the U.S. Army?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Taro.
(c) Mike.
(d) Kenji.

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

8. The lieutenant who volunteered for for the army instead of going to a relocation camp talked to a naive soldier from which U.S. state?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.

9. What is Ichiro's reaction when Kenji mentions he has considered suicide?
(a) Ichiro wasn't paying attention.
(b) Ichiro thinks Kenji is not being honest.
(c) Ichiro walks away.
(d) Ichiro is suprised.

10. Why doesn't Ichiro respect his parents?
(a) He thinks they ruined his life.
(b) He thinks they work at the grocery store too much.
(c) He thinks they drink too much.
(d) He thinks they don't love him enough.

11. Japanese people on the West Coast were separated into various groups, depending on their allegiance to Japan because of what event?
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) Not enough Japanese were enlisting in the U.S. Army.
(c) The Japanese were opening too many businesses.
(d) The bombing of the USS Enterprise.

12. What nationality does Ichiro identify with most?
(a) Japanese, his parents were born in Japan.
(b) Chinese.
(c) American, he was born in the U.S.
(d) None, he feels he has lost his identity.

13. Which family lives in an apartment that is a mile-and-a-half away from Ichiro's family?
(a) The Kenji family.
(b) The Asida family.
(c) The Shinju family.
(d) The Kumasakas family.

14. The mood of the book after the preface is:
(a) Carefree.
(b) Scary.
(c) Somber.
(d) Humorous.

15. What is Emi's advice to Ichiro?
(a) To stay bitter and find a job.
(b) To enlist in the army.
(c) To move to Japan.
(d) To stop being bitter and find his purpose in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kenji and Ichiro go to find illegal gambling halls?

2. What was the nickname of the small community where the book takes place?

3. How old is Ichiro?

4. Most Japanese on the West Coast had three options: go to jail, enlist in the draft, or enter:

5. What is the best way to describe Ichiro's mood in Chapter 2?

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