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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) Give away charms.
(c) Sing.
(d) Give her milk to children.

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

3. Where are Kiguchi and Tsukada walking together during Kiguchi's flashback?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) On the Highway of Death.
(c) Down the main street of a small village.
(d) Along a seashore.

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

5. What do the Sanja's ask Numada to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Show them the gardens.
(b) Take their picture.
(c) Sit at their table.
(d) Help them mail a package.

6. About what does Kiguchi think about when the tourists are driven through the jungle in Chapter 6?
(a) His last trip to Vietnam.
(b) An Indian girl he once fell in love with.
(c) The jungles near his home.
(d) His war experience in Burma.

7. What is Mitsuko determined to make Tsu do in their school days?
(a) Change his major.
(b) Confront his parents.
(c) Date her sister.
(d) Renounce his belief in God.

8. What does Numada ask about the existence of in the area where they are?
(a) Laws prohibiting other religions.
(b) Laws preventing child labor.
(c) Animal and bird sanctuaries.
(d) Museums.

9. What is the Kultur Heim?
(a) A football stadium.
(b) An Indian restaurant.
(c) A chapel.
(d) A hospital.

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

11. How is Tsu described in Chapter 3?
(a) Vivacious and talkative.
(b) Awkward and religious.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Athletic and strong.

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

13. What did Isobe never expect concerning Keiko's death?
(a) That he would be so devastated by her death.
(b) That she would seem to welcome death.
(c) That she would die so quickly after becoming ill.
(d) That he would be so detached from her death.

14. Who comforts Numada when his parents are going through the process of a divorce?
(a) His best friend whose parents are already divorced.
(b) His favorite teacher at school.
(c) His older sister.
(d) His dog.

15. What do the soldiers eat as they are walking in Chapter 5?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Maggots.
(c) C-rations.
(d) Bread and jerky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enami become irritated about concerning the Sanja's in Chapter 6?

2. What does Numada learn about Isobe when Numada asks his advice about the present?

3. What does Joseph do to Moïra?

4. What does Keiko dream that Isobe does?

5. What does Kiguchi remember concerning his time as a soldier?

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