Emissary Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Mumei do to try to control what is happening in his mind while looking at the map? (from Pages 107 - 138)

He flaps his arms like the wings of a bird.

He runs out of the classroom.

He wrestles with one of the other students.

He yells out that the world is round.

2.

Why is Yoshiro unable to visit his friend Hildegard in Germany? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because the routes from Japan to all foreign countries are cut off.

Because he is afraid to leave Mumei home alone in his poor health condition.

Because he does not have the money to travel that far.

Because Marika is jealous and does not want him to visit another woman.

3.

Why does Mumei want to paint the walls of the house blue? (from Pages 1 - 31)

To make them look like the ocean with pictures of sharks and turtles.

To make them look like the sky with pictures of clouds and birds.

Because he thinks Yoshiro has bad taste.

Because he is never content with the way things are.

4.

Why does the baker tell Yoshiro he no longer paints? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because he was imprisoned for the paintings he used to make.

Because he does not believe people should make art anymore.

Because he always enjoyed making bread more.

Because everything he painted would look like a foreign place.

5.

Why does Yoshiro worry about his daughter Amana? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Because she ran away from her life in Okinawa and moved to Germany.

Because he thinks her letters suggest she is being censored or is hiding something from him.

Because she writes to him saying she is being censored.

Because she calls him and tells him things at the orchard in Okinawa are going poorly.

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