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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 do the people of the village want Fisby to build?
2. What has Maj. McEvoy accomplished in his village?
3. What animal comes with them on the trip?
4. Who jumps on the back of the transportation just before they leave for the trip?
5. How will Fisby see around the children on the hood of the car?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lotus Blossom want to go to America? How does she see the country? What does Fisby think would be her reality?
2. What does Miss Higa Jiga threaten to do if Fisby does not agree with her request? Why is this important? What does this do to the story?
3. After the arrival of Col. Purdy and the smashing of all the stills and closing the teahouse, what does Sakini want to do? Why do you think Fisby does not want to go along with Sakini's plan?
4. What does Fisby offer Capt. McLean upon his arrival? Why is this important?
5. McLean goes into great detail about worms? What did you learn about worms from his descriptions? Why does this concern Col. Purdy?
6. Why is it funny when McLean describes that his "Japanese beetles are eating up my Chinese peas?" Is there a bigger significance to this than the plant names? Is there irony in this comment?
7. How is Lotus Blossom going to remember Fisby? What is she going to do in remembrance?
8. When the teahouse is reassembled on stage, what is the last light to come on? What is this symbolic of? How does this complete the play?
9. Why do the villagers hide things? What does this tell the audience about their history?
10. Why do the American soldiers not buy any goods from the villagers? What do you think the soldiers mean by the word "hayseed?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Col. Purdy say about teaching democracy to the villagers? What did Col. Purdy do before the war? Do you think his occupation plays into his role as a Colonel? How?
Essay Topic 2
What does it mean to the resident of the village to sit in the pine grove and watch the sun go down while drinking tea? What ideals does this promote?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of Sakini as the narrator and describe how he is used in this play as narrator and as a character. What is Sakini's personal point-of-view and how does it influence the audience during the play? Is a narrator always used to influence or is he usually there just to tell the story?
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