Under the Blood Red Sun Review

What did Billy take from Reiko, so that she would not feel like she owed him?

Bannannas

Butsudan means

Black box-like alter with doors that open to a small stage which held a photo of Grandma

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941

How does Tomi protect the katana from Keet?

First Keet shoots at Tomi and nicks the handle of the katana. Tomi picks up the katana and wraps it in the scarf and a burlap bag. Keet threatens to tell his dad. Tomi replies that he would have to face "this army."

Who delivered the "Day of Infamy" speech?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

What event comes AFTER Tomi and Grandpa had to destroy the pigeons because the army thought they were messenger birds?

Grampa says, "We are 'merican. We talk Ing-lish. We make no trouble."

Ojii-chan means

Grandpa

Who was never convicted of spying or sabotaging against the United States?

Hawaiian-Japanese

Why didn't Papa want Tomi to fight?

He believed this would trouble and disgrace the family name

[Inference] Why does Billy lie to Rico about his limp and say he was in a gang fight?

He didn't want Rico to get upset with Keet which could hurt Tomi's family.

Grandpa was, borin in Japan:

Issei

The highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army was mainly

Japanese American

The title of "Under the Blood Red Sun" refers to the_____________ which depicts a red sun on a white background.

Japanese Flag

What is the racial term for Japanese, during war time?

Japs

What gives Tomi the strength to stand up to Keet Wilson?

Katana

Jake, Billy's brother stopped seeing Keet Wilson, why?

Keet told on Tomi's family about the pigeons.

Mose and Rico are assigned a science project by Mr. Ramos and decide to make a volcano. Mose said, "This is a science project. You gotta do a report, and you gotta be able to explain the thing. Who's gonna do that?" Rico replied, "You. I make it, you fake it." From this conversation, you can infer that:

Mose is more serious than Rico

Taiyo Maru means:

Papa's boat

What does Mr. Ramos say is the reasons for all wars?

Power

"Two planes banked overhead, the red sun striking down like hot stones" is the example of:

Simile

"What are we going to do, Mama?" "We are going to do just like always," she said. After Grandpa was taken away, what similar situation did Mama speak of providing her strength to survive?

Telling how she arrived at the islands to no one, to nothing

What did the U.S. government finally acknowledge ?

That they made a mistake in forcing all Japanese Americans to relocate and agreed to pay them 20,000 each.

The setting of the story is:

The Hawaiian island of Oahu

The Real Mcoy means:

This was a real attack, Pearl Harbor was being bombed.

General Short warned all citizens to "watch their actions carefully." Any infractions of military rules will be "swiftly and harshly dealt with." The root 'fract' in the word 'infractions' means to break. Knowing this, what does the word 'infractions' mean?

Violations

Haole Means

White Person

"Down on the west end of the island you could sometimes see smoke rising into the sky, with pursuit fighters above, circling like flies." What part of the sentence contains a simile?

With Pursuit fliers above, circling like flies.

The American planes were silver and Japanese were:

amber

[Words in Context] "To see Papa's sampan rotting in the dirty canal made me feel sick to my stomach." The word 'sampan' means:

flat bottom boat

Where was Papa moved too?

mainland-Crystal City, TX