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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 Gunnar walk into the water at the beach?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To go surfing.
(c) To swim for exercise.
(d) It is hot.

2. Who arranges a marriage for Gunnar?
(a) Psycho Loco.
(b) Nick.
(c) Gunnar's sisters.
(d) Gunnar's mother.

3. How does Gunnar get his assignments from class?
(a) An assistant coach collects them from the teachers.
(b) He picks them up at the library.
(c) In class.
(d) He collects them at the principal's office.

4. What does Nick see as the problem with the Boston fire trucks?
(a) They drive too fast.
(b) They have the wrong kind of siren.
(c) They are not painted red.
(d) They are too big.

5. How does the bride get to the wedding?
(a) By UPS truck.
(b) In a taxi.
(c) Her mother brings her.
(d) In a FedX van.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gunnar meet the recruiter from Boston University?

2. Why does Yosiko throw the class out of the apartment?

3. What major event occurred at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

4. What is the rally to which Gunnar is invited to speak protesting?

5. What does Gunnar learn the recruiter from Harvard will get if Gunnar signs with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gunnar's father do after the riots and how does Gunnar feel about it?

2. What does Coach Shimimoto do and say when he keeps the team longer at practice in Chapter Seven?

3. When does Gunnar's wedding take place and who performs the ceremony?

4. What happens when Yoshiko goes into labor?

5. Who crashes Gunnar's wedding and what happens between them and his bride?

6. Where does Gunnar find refuge in his new school, how does he get his assignments and why has he been brought to that school?

7. What happens in Chapter Seven when Gunnar arrives at Ms. Kim's store?

8. What does the recruiter from Boston University do to woo Gunnar?

9. How does the school counselor feel about Gunnar's SAT scores and what happens because of his scores?

10. What kind of social life does Gunnar, Yoshiko and Nick have in Boston?

(see the answer keys)

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