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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

2. What happens when Ichiro shakes his father?

3. What new items does Kenji's father have in the house when Ichiro visits for the first time?

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

5. What is Kenji ticketed for by the police officer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kenji's family do together that night?

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

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

5. Why does Ichiro go to the Christian Rehabilitation Center?

6. Why does Ichiro's mother drown herself?

7. Why does Ichiro's father feel a sense of relief following Ichiro's mother's death?

8. What is the turning point in Ichiro's parent's marriage?

9. Why does Kenji tell Ichiro to go back to Seattle without him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the discrimination against blacks and Japanese-Americans throughout the book. Give examples. What were some parallels in the way the two minority groups were treated? How did they treat one another? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ichiro's family with Kenji's family. What are the major similarities and differences? How does Ichiro's decision not to go to war and Kenji's decision go to war play into the differences in the families? Explain the influence each family was to Ichiro and Kenji.

Essay Topic 3

Is Ichiro the protagonist or antagonist in the novel? Could he be considered a hero or a villian? Explain your answers by citing examples and reasons why he is one or the other.

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