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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after death do Buddhists believe a soul is reborn?
(a) By the 49th day.
(b) The soul must wait at least until all those in the immediate family are dead.
(c) It depends on what the soul chooses.
(d) Within one year after death.

2. What does Mrs. Sanja do constantly on the bus?
(a) Talk about her dead son.
(b) Complain.
(c) Snore.
(d) Hum to herself.

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

4. What does Keiko dream that Isobe does?
(a) Flies away with her.
(b) Leaves the stove on.
(c) Marries another woman.
(d) Calls and talks to his daughter.

5. What does the hospital delay doing in hopes of giving Keiko a longer life?
(a) Giving her morphine.
(b) Starting an experimental drug program.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kiguchi expect to be left in the jungle?

2. What happened in the forests the tourists traveled through when the British were still in charge in India?

3. What does Enami wonder about concerning Mitsuko in Chapter 7?

4. Whose name does Kiguchi call out in his sleep in Chapter 8?

5. What tension are the tourists not aware of concerning the Sikhs?

(see the answer key)

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