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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. Why does Kenji want to write Ralph a letter?
(a) To tell him that Ichiro and Emi get along well.
(b) To tell Ralph that the U.S. has won the war.
(c) To tell him that he is dying.
(d) To ask him if he wants to buy the Oldsmobile.

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

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

4. What does Ichiro realize about his attitude following the job interview in Portland as well as the incident at the Cafe?
(a) He is angry toward police officers.
(b) He is bitter because of Kenji's war injuries.
(c) He is mad because he can't find a job.
(d) He has a chip on his shoulder, even with people who sympathize with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What presents does Kenji give to his father?

2. How much whiskey does Ichiro's father drink just before Ichiro returns from Portland?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ichiro cause Bull's face to gush with blood?

2. Why does Ichiro's father feel a sense of relief following Ichiro's mother's death?

3. Why is Ichiro's father drinking so heavily?

4. What does the violent ending provide Ichiro?

5. Why does Kenji want to write a letter to Emi's husband?

6. Why is the violent ending to the book so significant?

7. Describe Kenji's father's house.

8. What does finding a job represent to Ichiro?

9. What does Kenji's family do together that night?

10. What does Ichiro finally start to understand about his past after taking the job at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

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