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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. What does Ichiro's mother think Japan will look like when they return?
(a) She doesn't talk about Japan.
(b) The same as it did 35 years earlier.
(c) Different since it has been bombed by the U.S.
(d) She doesn't want to move back.

2. What does Taro want to do right after he is done with school?
(a) Join the Boy Scouts.
(b) Take over the family business.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Enlist in the U.S. Army.

3. Ichiro is imprisoned for two years because:
(a) He got in a fight with his boss.
(b) He was caught speeding in a stolen car.
(c) He refused to enlist in the U.S. Army.
(d) He refused to go to school.

4. How many inches of Kenji's injured leg remains?
(a) 111 inches.
(b) 1 inch.
(c) 11 inches.
(d) He doesn't have anything left of one leg.

5. Where has Freddie been living recently when Ichiro visits his apartment for the first time?
(a) He was in the army.
(b) He was away at college.
(c) He was living in Japan.
(d) He was in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent a letter to Ichiro's mother?

2. Who owns the isolated farmhouse?

3. The "good" Japanese-Americans were allowed to do what?

4. Why is Ichiro mad at his mother when they argue for the first time?

5. Describe the character "Bull":

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ichiro searching for acceptance in the very country in which he was born?

2. How is Freddie spending his time and why?

3. Why was the bombing at Pearl Harbor such a dramatic event in U.S. military history?

4. Who yells at Ichiro as he walks past the pool hall in the beginning of the novel and why?

5. Why does Ichiro call his mother crazy in Chapter 2?

6. What makes Kenji and Ichiro such close friends?

7. What did Ichiro's parents want to do before moving back to Japan?

8. Why does Ichiro want to go to Portland?

9. Why does Ichiro get so upset with his mother in Chapter 1?

10. Who is Emi and why is she so important to Ichiro?

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