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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country does Ichiro's mother think won the war?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Japan.

2. Ichiro will enlist in the U.S. Army if what happens?
(a) He can fight for the Japanese army after one year.
(b) His mother and father are reunited in the same prison camp.
(c) He doesn't have to use a rifle in the army.
(d) He gets a free car from the U.S. government.

3. What does the letter that Ichiro's mom have say about a ship?
(a) That it is a cruise ship, offering free trips.
(b) That it will come to bring the Japanese back to Japan to celebrate victory.
(c) That it will bring new weapons for the Japanese soldiers.
(d) That it is coming to bomb the U.S.

4. The book takes place in what U.S. city?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Seattle, Washington.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Sacramento, California.

5. Ichiro and his family go to visit other families when he returns home. How do they know these families?
(a) They all have kids who went to the same school.
(b) They play on the same softball team.
(c) They were all from the same village in Japan.
(d) They work together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers are returning from what war?

2. The lieutenant who volunteered for for the army instead of going to a relocation camp talked to a naive soldier from which U.S. state?

3. "Good" Japanese-Americans were considered to be what?

4. What do the negroes in the pool hall tell Ichiro to do?

5. What is a conscientious objector?

(see the answer key)

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