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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ichiro's father take the death of his wife so calmly?
(a) He won't miss his wife.
(b) He feels a sense of freedom knowing she was very unhappy with her life.
(c) He feels like he can drink whiskey any time he wants now.
(d) He can now do all the work at the grocery store by himself.

2. What presents does Kenji give to his father?
(a) Two chickens.
(b) Two cartons of milk.
(c) Two bottles of wine.
(d) Two bottles of whiskey.

3. What is Ichiro's father's mood on the day of Ichiro's mother's funeral?
(a) He is quiet.
(b) He is basically happy.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is sobbing with sadness.

4. Who gets a drink for Bull as he sits slumped up against a trash can to recover?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Ito.
(c) Ichiro.
(d) Freddie.

5. Why is Ichiro upset with the people who show up at his mother's funeral?
(a) He feels they are phony and didn't even know his mother.
(b) He thinks they are eating too much food.
(c) He thinks the people are too loud.
(d) He feels too sad to notice any other people.

6. What happens when Ichiro shakes his father?
(a) He wakes up and calls the police.
(b) He mumbles that he knows exactly what happened.
(c) He wakes up, then passes out again.
(d) Nothing, he doesn't wake up.

7. Why does Ichiro go to the Christian Rehabiliation Center?
(a) To learn English.
(b) To learn about religion.
(c) To apply for a job.
(d) To learn Japanese.

8. Why does it take Kenji so many hours to pick Ichiro up at the grocery store before they leave for Portland?
(a) He gets lost on the way to the grocery store.
(b) He isn't sure if he wants Ichiro to join him on the journey to Portland.
(c) He is driving around, consumed by his thoughts about race, people, and other situations.
(d) He is consumed by positive thoughts about race relations in the U.S.

9. Why does Kenji want to write Ralph a letter?
(a) To tell him that he is dying.
(b) To tell Ralph that the U.S. has won the war.
(c) To tell him that Ichiro and Emi get along well.
(d) To ask him if he wants to buy the Oldsmobile.

10. Why is Ichiro's father drinking so much the day Ichiro returns from Portland?
(a) He is deeply depressed.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) He is trying to go to sleep.
(d) He wants to have fun.

11. What happens to Freddie as he and Ichiro enter Club Oriental together near the end of the book?
(a) Bulls grabs Ichiro from behind.
(b) Bull grabs Freddie from behind.
(c) Taro grabs Freddie from behind.
(d) Taro grabs Ichiro from behind.

12. Why does Mr. Carrick offer Ichiro a job?
(a) He is desperate for a new employee.
(b) He doesn't want to hire anymore Americans.
(c) He is familiar with the struggles of Japanese-Americans and is sympathetic to Ichiro's time in jail.
(d) He is apathetic to Japanese-Americans.

13. How does the Japanese boy's mother greet Ichiro when serving his ham and eggs?
(a) In Japanese.
(b) With a rude tone.
(c) In Chinese.
(d) She says nothing.

14. This is the best way to describe the book's ending:
(a) Humorous.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Sad.
(d) Violent.

15. How much whiskey does Ichiro's father drink just before Ichiro returns from Portland?
(a) He had two glasses.
(b) Enough to throw up.
(c) He doesn't drink whiskey.
(d) Enough to make him pass out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kenji tell only his father that he is leaving?

2. What does Ichiro learn about his mother after her death?

3. What happens when Tommy and Ichiro go to church together?

4. What news does Emi share with Ichiro about Ralph at the grocery store?

5. How many customers are in the Burnside Cafe when Ichiro walks through the door?

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