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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joseph do to Moïra?
(a) Marries her.
(b) Murders her.
(c) Sets her up with his best friend.
(d) Leaves her and breaks her heart.

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Numada go into the hospital?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He has to have heart surgery.
(c) He as an infected leg.
(d) He has tuberculosis.

7. Who is the only person in the restaurant where Numada goes after a shower in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Sanja.
(b) Enami.
(c) Isobe.
(d) The waiter.

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

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

10. What is Mr. Sanja's line of work?
(a) Factory owner.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Car sales.

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

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

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

14. Who/what does Isobe's wife saying she has been talking to?
(a) Her deceased mother.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A ginko tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobe wonder about as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?

2. About what does Kiguchi think Enami cannot know?

3. What does Keiko urge Isobe to do as she comes out of a coma for a minute?

4. How did Isobe view his wife when she was alive?

5. What surprises Kiguchi about the Buddhists in India?

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