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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pet does Numada get as an adult that his wife does not like?
(a) A cat.
(b) A ferret.
(c) A hornbill.
(d) A pot-bellied pig.

2. Why does Kiguchi expect to be left in the jungle?
(a) He is supposed to set mines for the pursuing enemy.
(b) He has angered their captors.
(c) He is too ill to continue walking.
(d) He is supposed to be a rear guard.

3. What does Isobe write about his wife?
(a) Her daily prognosis.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Funny stories.
(d) Haikus.

4. What lines the route of Kiguchi and Tsukada's retreat?
(a) Large palm trees.
(b) Dead and dying soldiers.
(c) Starving civilians.
(d) People cheering.

5. What kind of books does Numada write?
(a) Romance.
(b) Academic textbooks.
(c) Children's.
(d) Sci-Fi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kiguchi fight during the war?

2. What does the puppy do that Numada brings home as a boy?

3. How long after death do Buddhists believe a soul is reborn?

4. To whom does Isobe also lie when he leaves his wife's hospital room and goes home?

5. Who stays with Kiguchi in the jungle?

(see the answer key)

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