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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frank sees the Edfrank Jewelry business as, perhaps, a way of ____________.
(a) Improving racial relations.
(b) Getting Juliana back.
(c) Avenging Wyndam-Matson.
(d) Remaining socially anonymous.

2. What does Childan learn about the carrier ship Syokaku from the Tokyo Herald?
(a) It is en route to Germany.
(b) It is docked in Tokyo.
(c) It never existed.
(d) It sunk years ago.

3. What does Rita, Wyndam-Matson's girlfriend, suggest that he should do to handle the problem which he learned about from Calvin?
(a) Bribe the police.
(b) Escape to Canada.
(c) Murder the supplier.
(d) Confront the accuser.

4. What is rumored about Germany that concerns both Tagomi and Juliana?
(a) Germany is going to lose its leader.
(b) Germany is about to break communication channels.
(c) Germany is about to invade the Pacific States.
(d) Germany is aligning itself with China.

5. What do phrases like "the fussy, brisk voice," "barely polite," and "deliberately mispronounced his name" initially tell us about Tagomi's character?
(a) He is uneducated.
(b) He is overworked.
(c) He is arrogant.
(d) He is insecure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Wyndam-Matson's feel about "historicity"?

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

4. According to Childan, what is special about some of the people his shop gives him the opportunity to meet?

5. What does McCarthy tell Frank he has a plan to get for their business?

(see the answer key)

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