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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to take the car back to Seattle by himself?
(a) Because Kenji doesn't want to drive it anymore.
(b) Because Kenji wants Ichiro to find a job in Seattle.
(c) Because Kenji wants his father to come pick him up.
(d) Because Kenji knows he is dying.

2. Where does Kenji's father live?
(a) In an apartment in the middle of town.
(b) In a rented house on top of a hill.
(c) In a cottage by a river.
(d) In a house he owns.

3. What does Freddie want Ichiro to do with him at after the funeral?
(a) Go out with him for some fun.
(b) Go with him to enlist in the army.
(c) Go to the library to check out books.
(d) Go with him to see Emi.

4. Who is Ichiro fighting in the alley?
(a) Bull.
(b) Freddie.
(c) His father.
(d) Taro.

5. What happens when Ichiro pulls up to the grocery store in the Oldsmobile following his trip home from Portland?
(a) He gets into a fight with his brother.
(b) He refuses to go in and drives away.
(c) He goes in and has dinner with his parents.
(d) The grocery store is locked and he can't get in.

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

7. How many customers are in the Burnside Cafe when Ichiro walks through the door?
(a) Zero, he's the only patron.
(b) 12, there aren't any tables available.
(c) The cafe is closed.
(d) 25, the place is packed.

8. What old friend does Ichiro see again at his mother's funeral?
(a) Professor Brown.
(b) Kenji.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Freddie.

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

10. Who jumps in to save Freddie in the fight in front of Club Oriental near the end of the book?
(a) Bull.
(b) Ichiro.
(c) Taro.
(d) No one helps Freddie.

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

12. What is wrong with the voice of the priest who is conducting the ceremony at Ichiro's mother's funeral?
(a) It is shaky because he is crying.
(b) It sounds too high-pitched to be mourning a loss.
(c) It is too deep and loud and scares the crowd.
(d) It is not loud enough for all of the mourners to hear.

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

14. Who does Freddie fight with before they arrive at the Club Oriental?
(a) Two women walking down the street.
(b) Ichiro's father.
(c) A black man shining shoes and a Japanese man who runs the pool parlor.
(d) No one, they arrive at Club Oriental without incident.

15. What do the funeral and Ichiro's mother's life have in common?
(a) They were both full of things that did not reflect reality.
(b) They were both happy celebrations.
(c) They were both full of flowers.
(d) They were both too short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ichiro's flashback about?

2. This is the best way to describe the book's ending:

3. What is the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

4. What commotion at the door at Club Oriental distracts Kenji as he is sitting down to relax?

5. What man is balding with unsympathetic, dark eyes?

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