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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Emi share with Ichiro about Ralph at the grocery store?
(a) Ralph has re-enlisted in the army.
(b) Emi is in love with Ralph.
(c) Emi and Ralph are getting a divorce.
(d) Emi wants to have children with Ralph.

2. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to take the car back to Seattle by himself?
(a) Because Kenji wants his father to come pick him up.
(b) Because Kenji wants Ichiro to find a job in Seattle.
(c) Because Kenji doesn't want to drive it anymore.
(d) Because Kenji knows he is dying.

3. This is the best way to describe the book's ending:
(a) Sad.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Violent.

4. What is Kenji ticketed for by the police officer?
(a) Driving too slowly and bribing a police officer.
(b) Driving 80 mph in a 20-mph zone, driving drunk, and attempting to bribe an officer.
(c) Driving drunk without a license.
(d) Driving without a license and bribing a police officer.

5. Who does Kenji blame for the problems he has had since going into the army?
(a) His siblings.
(b) The U.S. government.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

6. After a great family meal together, what do Kenji and his family watch on television?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Football.

7. What happens when Ichiro's fist connects with someone's face, right between the eyes, as he is fighting in the alley?
(a) Bull's face starts gushing blood.
(b) Taro's face starts gushing blood.
(c) Nothing, Ichiro doesn't know how to fight.
(d) Freddie's face starts gushing blood.

8. Where does Kenji go before picking up Ichiro at the grocery store?
(a) Club Oriental.
(b) Emi's house.
(c) The park.
(d) The train station.

9. Where does Kenji's father live?
(a) In a cottage by a river.
(b) In a house he owns.
(c) In a rented house on top of a hill.
(d) In an apartment in the middle of town.

10. When did everything change in his marriage, according to Ichiro's father?
(a) When they opened the grocery store.
(b) When they had children.
(c) When they made the trip from Japan to America.
(d) When she tried to stack the cans.

11. What does Ichiro realize about his attitude following the job interview in Portland as well as the incident at the Cafe?
(a) He has a chip on his shoulder, even with people who sympathize with him.
(b) He is bitter because of Kenji's war injuries.
(c) He is mad because he can't find a job.
(d) He is angry toward police officers.

12. Why does Kenji want to write Ralph a letter?
(a) To tell him that he is dying.
(b) To ask him if he wants to buy the Oldsmobile.
(c) To tell Ralph that the U.S. has won the war.
(d) To tell him that Ichiro and Emi get along well.

13. How does the Japanese boy's mother greet Ichiro when serving his ham and eggs?
(a) With a rude tone.
(b) In Japanese.
(c) In Chinese.
(d) She says nothing.

14. What does Ichiro tell the Japanese boy waiting on him at the cafe?
(a) That he is Chinese.
(b) That he is American.
(c) That he is unemployed.
(d) That he is homeless.

15. Who is Tommy?
(a) A young Japanese man who Ichiro knew in Idaho.
(b) A sign painter.
(c) An army soldier.
(d) A cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets a drink for Bull as he sits slumped up against a trash can to recover?

2. What presents does Kenji give to his father?

3. Where does Ichiro decide he wants to go with Emi?

4. Why does Kenji tell only his father that he is leaving?

5. What old friend does Ichiro see again at his mother's funeral?

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