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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 tell only his father that he is leaving?
(a) To avoid a fight with the family.
(b) To avoid a tearful goodbye with the family.
(c) To avoid having to help clean up the dishes.
(d) To avoid disrupting the family watching television.

2. Where does Ichiro decide he wants to go with Emi?
(a) Kenji's father's house.
(b) A quiet place to mourn his mother.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Emi's house.

3. What commotion at the door at Club Oriental distracts Kenji as he is sitting down to relax?
(a) The bartenders were fighting.
(b) There was a fire in the doorway.
(c) Japanese girls were being kicked out of the club.
(d) A Japanese boy and two blacks have been rudely asked to leave.

4. What new items does Kenji's father have in the house when Ichiro visits for the first time?
(a) New couches.
(b) New furniture, including a new television.
(c) New puppies.
(d) New clothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Ichiro shakes his father?

2. Why is Tommy unhappy when he and Ichiro go to church?

3. Where does Kenji's father live?

4. How does Ichiro's mother die?

5. Why does it take Kenji so many hours to pick Ichiro up at the grocery store before they leave for Portland?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes the priest at the funeral stand out?

3. What is Ichiro's father so impressed with at Ichiro's mother's funeral?

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

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

6. What news does Emi share with Ichiro after his mother's funeral?

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

8. What makes Kenji's family different from Ichiro's family?

9. Why does Ichiro's mother drown herself?

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

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