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Jamie FordA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What Seattle landmark was the gateway between Seattle’s Chinatown and Nihonmachi?
2. What does Marty, the son of Henry and Ethel, study at Seattle University?
3. In Chapter 6, Henry explains to Keiko that he was born in Seattle but had plans to return to China until the war intervened. What was Henry going to do in China?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Henry’s father make him wear a button that says “I am Chinese”?
2. Why is it significant that, when Henry delivers the Japanese line he has been rehearsing, Keiko admits that she does not speak Japanese?
Paired Resource
“The Mysteries of the Panama Hotel” from the National Parks Conservation Association
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