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

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

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

4. What happens when Tommy and Ichiro go to church together?
(a) They decide not to be religious.
(b) They learn about religion.
(c) They get into a fist fight.
(d) They learned that Japanese are not welcome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ichiro's father when Ichiro gets home from returning Kenji's car?

2. What is the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

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

4. Who gets a drink for Bull as he sits slumped up against a trash can to recover?

5. Why does Mr. Carrick offer Ichiro a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freddie die?

2. Why does Tommy's memory stand out in Ichiro's mind?

3. What does Ichiro's behavior to the Japanese waiter at the Burnside Cafe symbolize?

4. What does finding a job represent to Ichiro?

5. What is one possible reason why Ichiro was offered a job by Mr. Morrison at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

6. What is the turning point in Ichiro's parent's marriage?

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

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

9. Describe Kenji's father's house.

10. Why does Ichiro go to the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

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