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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. Who is Ichiro going to work with at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Taro.
(c) Emi.
(d) Gary.

2. What do we learn about Ichiro's mother before Ichiro leaves for Portland?
(a) That she wants to sell the grocery store.
(b) That she enjoys lining up cans and knocking them over.
(c) She has a deteriorating mental condition.
(d) That she doesn't like Ichiro.

3. Where does Kenji go before picking up Ichiro at the grocery store?
(a) Emi's house.
(b) The train station.
(c) Club Oriental.
(d) The park.

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

5. What presents does Kenji give to his father?
(a) Two bottles of whiskey.
(b) Two bottles of wine.
(c) Two chickens.
(d) Two cartons of milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kenji's father live?

2. What is Kenji ticketed for by the police officer?

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

4. What happens when Tommy and Ichiro go to church together?

5. Why does Kenji want to write Ralph a letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Freddie die?

3. What does finding a job represent to Ichiro?

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

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

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

7. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to go back to Seattle without him?

8. What does Ichiro understand about his mother after her death?

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

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

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