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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After December 7, 1941 many Americans felt this way about Japanese people.
(a) Confused.
(b) Afraid and fearful.
(c) Happiness and joy.
(d) They didn't even know there were Japanese people living in the U.S.

2. Who saves Ichiro from being attacked with a knife?
(a) Taro.
(b) No one, Ichiro is cut.
(c) Emi.
(d) Kenji.

3. What does Ichiro think was worth fighting in the war for?
(a) His parents.
(b) The United States.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) His education.

4. What does Ichiro do to his father when he tries to intervene in the argument between Ichiro and his mother?
(a) Ichiro strikes him, sending him against the wall.
(b) Ichiro asks his father for money.
(c) Ichiro hugs his father.
(d) Ichiro does nothing to his father.

5. Why does Kenji want to go to Portland?
(a) To visit the V.A. Hospital because his leg hurts.
(b) To sign up for classes at the college.
(c) To find Emi's husband.
(d) To visit family he has not seen in many years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ichiro start to drink faster than Kenji while they are at the gambling parlor?

2. What happened to Bob Kumasakas?

3. Why did Ichiro refuse to join the military?

4. What do the negroes in the pool hall tell Ichiro to do?

5. What does Ichiro believe his parents represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ichiro want to go to Portland?

2. Why does Ichiro say his life has been ruined?

3. Why does Ichiro refuse to have a drink with Ito as he walks to his parents' house for the first time in the beginning of the novel?

4. What is a conscientious objector?

5. Why do characters like Ichiro and Freddie feel guilt?

6. Who sends the letter to Ichiro's mother and what does it say?

7. How does Ichiro's father get him to leave the house after Ichiro fought with his mother?

8. Why does Ichiro have to apologize to his father after Ichiro fought with his mother?

9. Describe Club Oriental and what it has to offer.

10. Why does Kenji walk with a cane?

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