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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do we learn from Kenji about Emi and her feelings about Ralph?
(a) She is less devoted to Ralph than initially thought.
(b) She wants to stay married to Ralph.
(c) She wants to meet Taro.
(d) She is in love with Kenji.

2. Where does Ichiro decide he wants to go with Emi?
(a) Kenji's father's house.
(b) Emi's house.
(c) Dancing.
(d) A quiet place to mourn his mother.

3. Where does Kenji go before picking up Ichiro at the grocery store?
(a) Emi's house.
(b) The train station.
(c) Club Oriental.
(d) The park.

4. When did everything change in his marriage, according to Ichiro's father?
(a) When they had children.
(b) When they made the trip from Japan to America.
(c) When they opened the grocery store.
(d) When she tried to stack the cans.

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

6. Why does Ichiro jump out of the limousine while he and his father are waiting?
(a) He wants his brother to ride in the limousine instead.
(b) He thinks the funeral is taking too long.
(c) He thinks the entire ceremony is a waste of time.
(d) He thinks the funeral is going by too quickly.

7. What happens to Freddie after he runs away from the fight in the alley?
(a) He goes back to the bar.
(b) He goes to fight Ito.
(c) He dies in the car crash.
(d) He runs home.

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

9. What does Ichiro tell Mr. Morrison, the man in charge of the Christian Rehabilitation Center?
(a) That he decided to go to jail rather than serve in the army.
(b) That he is mourning the loss of his mother.
(c) That he is against all forms of religion.
(d) That he loves to paint.

10. What was Ichiro's flashback about?
(a) He remembers his father trying to teach him how to run the grocery store just before he went off to prison.
(b) He remembers a man who didn't like being discriminated against, but wouldn't stand up for a Black man getting the same treatment.
(c) He remembers a professor teaching him about engineering.
(d) He remembers his mother trying to teach him American customs when he was just a small boy.

11. What happens when Freddie loses control of the car near the end of the novel?
(a) It flips and pins him against a building.
(b) The car stalls and just stops in the middle of the street.
(c) He drives off to the safety of home.
(d) The car explodes.

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

13. What news does Emi share with Ichiro about Ralph at the grocery store?
(a) Emi and Ralph are getting a divorce.
(b) Emi wants to have children with Ralph.
(c) Ralph has re-enlisted in the army.
(d) Emi is in love with Ralph.

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

15. Who does Kenji blame for the problems he has had since going into the army?
(a) His siblings.
(b) Himself.
(c) The U.S. government.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a great family meal together, what do Kenji and his family watch on television?

2. Where does Ichiro apply for a job in Portland?

3. What old friend does Ichiro see again at his mother's funeral?

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

5. Who stabbed Ito?

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