The Buddha in the Attic Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why did the waitress say she couldn't read the official notice to the Japanese the morning it was posted? (from A Disappearance)

She wasn't allowed to leave work.

It wasn't for her.

She couldn't get close enough.

It was written in Japanese.

2.

Why did the Japanese choose to speak only English on the day that they left? (from Last Day)

So the Americans could understand what they were saying as they left.

So the Americans wouldn't accuse them of plotting against them.

To make fun of the Americans.

So they wouldn't anger the Americans.

3.

Why did the men get angry when they could find not blood on the sheets after they'd been with their new wives? (from First Night)

They believed it meant the women weren't virgins.

They believed it meant they had been too rough with the women.

They believed it meant their new wives hadn't gotten pregnant.

They believed it meant they hadn't consummated the marriage properly.

4.

Why did the Japanese women try not to care too much when they gave their things away to the Americans before they were to leave for the interment camps? (from Traitors)

They wouldn't be able to take those things along anyway.

The Americans had fought so hard to try to get permission for them to stay in J-town.

Their mothers had told them not to care too much about worldly things.

They knew better things awaited them where they were going.

5.

Why were the babies born to the union between the Japanese women and their husbands significant? (from Babies)

The babies had to be sent back to Japan.

The babies could get health insurance.

They could apply for welfare for the babies.

The babies were United States citizens.

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