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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes Mitsuko from a sound sleep at the seedy hotel?
(a) The flapping of paper.
(b) A fire bell.
(c) A train whistle.
(d) Snoring in the next room.

2. What is Enami's role in the group?
(a) Tourist.
(b) Driver.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Guide.

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

4. How does Mr. Sanja see this trip as part of his work?
(a) He thinks there may be a market in India for his cars.
(b) He wants to take pictures of India.
(c) He's thinking of expanding his factories into other countries.
(d) He is a sociology professor and is studying the local culture to publish a paper.

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

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

7. How does Mitsuko enjoy sex with Tsu?
(a) It makes her fall in love with Tsu.
(b) She thinks it is better than he believed sex would be.
(c) She is detached.
(d) She is disturbed by it.

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

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

10. Who does Moïra seduce?
(a) Isobe.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Joseph.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

14. What do some students try to get Mitsuko to do concerning Tsu in Chapter 3?
(a) Convert him back to Buddhism.
(b) Trick him.
(c) Convert him to Catholicism.
(d) Seduce him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surrounds the Vishvan'tha temple?

2. What is the nationality of the tourists on the bus in Chapter 6?

3. How is Tsu described in Chapter 3?

4. What does Keiko dream that Isobe does?

5. What does Joseph do to Moïra?

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