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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kino urge Jiya to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Read a book.

2. What does Setsu offer to give to Jiya?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) A book.
(c) Some chocolates.
(d) Her pet duck.

3. Who is the first to speak to Jiya when he awakens?
(a) Kino's father.
(b) Kino's mother.
(c) Setsu.
(d) Kino.

4. When is Kino glad that his father is a farmer?
(a) When they work together in the sun.
(b) On days when the sea is heaving.
(c) When they go to town to sell goods.
(d) When they go to the harvest festival.

5. Why does a bell toll from the Old Gentleman's castle?
(a) The volcano is about to erupt.
(b) He heard a news report tha the war is over.
(c) He invites the villagers to take shelter in his castle.
(d) He has spotted a hurricane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kino's father insists that his family allows Jiya to recover ______________________.

2. Why is Jiya crying on his way to Kino's house?

3. Why does Kino's father instruct Kino to get his mother and sister?

4. What is notable about the houses nearest the sea in the fishing village?

5. Why does Kino sometimes think Jiya is luckier than he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?

2. Why does Kino's father tell Kino that it is good for Jiya to get more sleep?

3. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.

4. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?

5. What gift does Setsu offer to Jiya when he is distraught over the loss of his family?

6. How does Jiya feel when his new family encourages him to sit at the table and eat with them?

7. Why does Kino's father say they must wait for Jiya?

8. What does Kino's father say about how Jiya will recover one day and how he will carry his deceased family members with him?

9. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?

10. What is Kino's father's response when Kino says he doesn't think that Jiya can ever be happy again?

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