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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ch'mund' do despite being sick and emaciated?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Give away charms.
(d) Give her milk to children.

2. For what does Isobe say he is searching in Chapter 6?
(a) The reincarnated soul of his deceased wife.
(b) Answers.
(c) Someone to prove that the soul lives after death.
(d) Peace.

3. Where do pilgrims come to bathe?
(a) A mountain lake in the Himalayas.
(b) A waterfall that is said to cry Jesus' tears.
(c) A spring known for miraculous healings.
(d) The Ganges River.

4. Who is Moïra?
(a) Mitsuko's best friend.
(b) Tsu's sister.
(c) A literary character.
(d) Tsu's favorite teacher.

5. What does Numada do with his puppy when told to get rid of it?
(a) Shoots it.
(b) Releases it into the woods.
(c) Gives it to his best friend.
(d) Trains it in secret.

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

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

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

9. Who does Numada's mother hire to help her?
(a) No one; they can't afford help.
(b) A Mongolian girl name Tse.
(c) A Chinese girl named Lin Sing.
(d) A Chinese boy named Li.

10. What does Naruse Mitsuko think about after Isobe leaves the informational meeting?
(a) A boy she tormented.
(b) Where Keiko is now.
(c) Her lack of beliefs in a god.
(d) Whether she would reincarnate or not.

11. What does Kiguchi ask the tour guide about?
(a) About souls in a holding area in the Himalayas.
(b) About the proper way to address a widow in Nepal.
(c) About a holy man who is almost 300 years old.
(d) About funerals for veterans.

12. What ailment does Isobe's wife have?
(a) Broken pelvis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Bad heart.
(d) Bad arthritis.

13. What is said about the area where Numada is raised?
(a) It is where many of the Russian elite live.
(b) It is a lower-class area.
(c) It is a Christian area in a predominantly Hindu country.
(d) It has mild winter temperatures.

14. Where are Kiguchi and Enami when Chapter 5 opens?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) At the beach.
(c) On a plane.
(d) On a train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Tsu play?

2. What is Mitsuko determined to make Tsu do in their school days?

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

4. What surprises Kiguchi about the Buddhists in India?

5. What do ill pilgrims have done to their bodies when they die?

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