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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is too deep and loud and scares the crowd.
(c) It is not loud enough for all of the mourners to hear.
(d) It sounds too high-pitched to be mourning a loss.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Kenji want Ichiro to visit back in Seattle?
(a) Taro.
(b) Emi.
(c) Ichiro's father.
(d) Ralph.

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

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

10. 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 with him to see Emi.
(d) Go to the library to check out books.

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

12. Who is Tommy?
(a) A young Japanese man who Ichiro knew in Idaho.
(b) An army soldier.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A sign painter.

13. 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 feels too sad to notice any other people.
(c) He thinks they are eating too much food.
(d) He thinks the people are too loud.

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

15. Where did Ichiro's mother fail most?
(a) Trying to make him enlist in the army.
(b) Trying to make him learn several languages.
(c) Trying to keep him isolated from Americans and their customs.
(d) Trying to make him take over the family business.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Ichiro's fist connects with someone's face, right between the eyes, as he is fighting in the alley?

3. What new items does Kenji's father have in the house when Ichiro visits for the first time?

4. Kenji drinks quickly while his father:

5. Why does Ichiro jump out of the limousine while he and his father are waiting?

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