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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Tagomi think Baynes is coming to visit him?
(a) To mediate peace negotiations.
(b) To seek release of political prisoners.
(c) To share technological information.
(d) To arrange for a trade agreement.

2. What does the author use to establish the relationship between Frank and McCarthy, his foreman?
(a) Another character's observations.
(b) First person point-of-view.
(c) Conversational dialog.
(d) Physical description.

3. What are the pincos of Sacramento described as being?
(a) An underground network of spies.
(b) A powerful mobster organization.
(c) The puppet white government.
(d) The lower class farm laborers.

4. What does Childan do as a result of what he has learned from the university in Chapter 4?
(a) He hires an armed night watchman.
(b) He decides to close his shop.
(c) He seeks reimbursement from his supplier.
(d) He files an anonymous police report.

5. What does Frank's memory of the landlord Omuro being beheaded by the Japanese Mission because of profiteering off ex-servicemen say about the Japanese?
(a) They are cruel to Americans.
(b) They desire wealth.
(c) They are loyal to their religion.
(d) They respect the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Childan upset over as the novel opens?

2. What is discovered about his merchandise that causes Childan to lose a major deal?

3. What about Frank makes it difficult for him to move to a new territory?

4. In Chapter 4, what does McCarthy encourage Frank to do?

5. How does Ramsey feel about Tagomi's request that he select the gift for Baynes?

(see the answer key)

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