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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the funeral and Ichiro's mother's life have in common?
(a) They were both full of things that did not reflect reality.
(b) They were both too short.
(c) They were both happy celebrations.
(d) They were both full of flowers.

2. What is good about the church Tommy eventually goes to?
(a) It teaches Japanese traditions.
(b) It welcomes only men.
(c) It welcomes Japanese people.
(d) It welcomes all races.

3. Who gets a drink for Bull as he sits slumped up against a trash can to recover?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Ichiro.
(d) Ito.

4. Why does Ichiro go to the Christian Rehabiliation Center?
(a) To learn about religion.
(b) To learn English.
(c) To learn Japanese.
(d) To apply for a job.

5. Who does Freddie kick during the fight in the alley before running to his car?
(a) Ito.
(b) Bull.
(c) Ichiro.
(d) A stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many customers are in the Burnside Cafe when Ichiro walks through the door?

2. Why is Ichiro upset with the people who show up at his mother's funeral?

3. How does Ichiro's mother die?

4. Who does Kenji want Ichiro to visit back in Seattle?

5. How much whiskey does Ichiro's father drink just before Ichiro returns from Portland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ichiro understand about his mother after her death?

2. Why does Kenji want to write a letter to Emi's husband?

3. How does Freddie die?

4. What does finding a job represent to Ichiro?

5. What is one possible reason why Ichiro was offered a job by Mr. Morrison at the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

6. Why does Ichiro's mother drown herself?

7. What makes Kenji's family different from Ichiro's family?

8. How does Ichiro cause Bull's face to gush with blood?

9. What makes the priest at the funeral stand out?

10. What does Kenji bring as a present for his father and why?

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