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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father admit to doing during blackouts?
(a) Leaving his lights on.
(b) Pulling the window shades down.
(c) Sending coded messages.
(d) Sending up flares.

2. Who had convinced the mother to rent the house to tenants while they were gone?
(a) A friend.
(b) A minister.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A neighbor.

3. What does the father admit to doing during questioning?
(a) He fainted.
(b) He lied.
(c) He cried.
(d) He screamed.

4. The mother reminds the children that many Japanese families have lost their ______________.
(a) clothes.
(b) photographs.
(c) homes.
(d) cars.

5. What does the father say is what he most wanted to say about everything?
(a) I'm sorry.
(b) We'll get you someday.
(c) I'd do it again.
(d) You deserved everything you got.

6. What was kept on for days as the father was left in the room?
(a) Dripping water.
(b) Bright lights.
(c) Heat.
(d) Loud music.

7. What is the father's tone in this chapter?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Bitter.

8. What month is it in Chapter 3?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) August.
(d) March.

9. The father relates many examples of Japanese ________________ in his confession.
(a) religion.
(b) clothing.
(c) food.
(d) stereotypes.

10. What has happened to the family possessions locked away in a room of the house?
(a) They are all there.
(b) Most of the items are there.
(c) They are all broken.
(d) They have been stolen.

11. Soldiers return home from the war with stories of _______________________.
(a) their comrades.
(b) atrocities in Japanese prison camps.
(c) heroism.
(d) starvation.

12. What was the father wearing on the night he was taken away from his house?
(a) Bathrobe and slippers.
(b) Gardening clothes.
(c) Underwear and t-shirt.
(d) Pajamas.

13. What does the boy receive as a Christmas gift from a woman in Ohio?
(a) A camera.
(b) A baseball and glove.
(c) A Swiss Army knife.
(d) A ViewMaster.

14. The father sarcastically says that he is the grinning fat man in the straw hat selling _______________ by the side of the road.
(a) geta.
(b) strawberries.
(c) chopsticks.
(d) Buddha statues.

15. Which of the following is NOT a term the father uses to describe Americans?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Perfect teeth.
(c) Big eyes.
(d) Short.

Short Answer Questions

1. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.

2. What does the mother caution her children about?

3. What does the mother try to alter so that her children can wear them?

4. For how many days after his father's arrest did the family have no information about where he was?

5. The father answers accusations about ___________________.

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