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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Kiguchi think Enami cannot know?
(a) The terrible pain of poverty.
(b) The desolation of fighting for a cause in which you do not believe.
(c) The sorrow of being married to a difficult wife.
(d) The horrors of war.

2. Who stays with Kiguchi in the jungle?
(a) Three of his still-living squad members.
(b) A squad of bomb experts.
(c) Just Tsukada.
(d) No one.

3. What does the puppy do that Numada brings home as a boy?
(a) Pees on all the rugs.
(b) Chews up the family's stash of money.
(c) Whines at night.
(d) Avoids Numada's father.

4. What happens when some coal goes missing at Numada's home when he is a boy?
(a) There's nothing that can be done.
(b) His father suspects a neighbor and accuses the man.
(c) They fire Li.
(d) The family believes it is Numada's father's cousin and stop inviting him over.

5. What group of people does Gaston tell Tsukada about after Tsukada make a confession to Gaston?
(a) The first group to conquer Everest.
(b) A group stuck in Siberia with no shelter.
(c) The Donner party.
(d) A group of climbers in the Andes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What voices does Numada say he has sensed in India?

2. What nickname do Tsu and Mitsuko give God when Mitsuko sees Tsu on her honeymoon?

3. Where did Kiguchi fight during the war?

4. How does Mitsuko enjoy sex with Tsu?

5. What does Isobe write about his wife?

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