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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ichiro's father drinking so much the day Ichiro returns from Portland?

2. How many customers are in the Burnside Cafe when Ichiro walks through the door?

3. What does the idea of finding work represent for Ichiro?

4. What happens when Ichiro pulls up to the grocery store in the Oldsmobile following his trip home from Portland?

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 Ichiro's behavior to the Japanese waiter at the Burnside Cafe symbolize?

2. What does Kenji bring as a present for his father and why?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Kenji's father's house.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Ichiro relate more to Americans or Japanese? Give at least three examples to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Kenji and Ichiro answering ALL THREE of these questions:

1) What makes Kenji and Ichiro similar?

2) What makes Kenji and Ichiro different?

3) Who is in more pain and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ichiro's family with Kenji's family. What are the major similarities and differences? How does Ichiro's decision not to go to war and Kenji's decision go to war play into the differences in the families? Explain the influence each family was to Ichiro and Kenji.

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