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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stabbed Ito?
(a) Taro.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Ichiro's father.
(d) Bull.

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

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

5. What is Ichiro's attitude about minorities in America at the end of the novel?
(a) He feels there is no hope.
(b) He feels there is hope.
(c) He thinks he should move to Japan.
(d) He thinks he should have stayed in prison.

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

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

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

9. After a great family meal together, what do Kenji and his family watch on television?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

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

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

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

13. What negative aspect of Tommy's new church does he overlook?
(a) They do not allow women to attend.
(b) They do not allow Ichiro to attend.
(c) They d0 not allow war veterans to attend.
(d) They do not allow Black people to attend.

14. Who is Ichiro going to work with at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?
(a) Taro.
(b) Emi.
(c) Gary.
(d) Freddie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn about Ichiro's mother before Ichiro leaves for Portland?

2. What does the idea of finding work represent for Ichiro?

3. What is good about the church Tommy eventually goes to?

4. What happens when Freddie loses control of the car near the end of the novel?

5. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to take the car back to Seattle by himself?

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