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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Kiguchi about the Buddhists in India?
(a) There are so few of them.
(b) They are so violent.
(c) They do not believe in reincarnation.
(d) They do not practice regular meditation.

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

3. What does Tsu write in his letters to Mitsuko that she reads when awakened in the middle of the night?
(a) His desire for her to come to him.
(b) His belief in God.
(c) His hope that he will someday know who he is.
(d) His loss of faith.

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

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

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

7. What does Tsukada confess to Kiguchi about the meat Tsukada brought him?
(a) It was human flesh.
(b) He has nothing of import to confess to Tsukada about the meat.
(c) Tsukada killed someone to get the meat.
(d) It was stolen from a family with many children.

8. What is Kiguchi and Tsukada's physical condition in the flashback as they are walking?
(a) Weak but not failing.
(b) Strong and robust.
(c) Fine.
(d) Malnourished and starving.

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

10. What does Tsu do every day after class?
(a) Writes his parents.
(b) Plays football.
(c) Goes to the chapel to pray.
(d) Practices the piano.

11. Who claims to have been Japanese in a previous life?
(a) A young girl from Virginia.
(b) A monk in a local temple.
(c) Enami.
(d) One of the street artists.

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

13. What is the weather like as Kiguchi and Tsukada walk in Chapter 5?
(a) Extremely hot.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Pouring rain.
(d) Clear and cool.

14. 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) The family believes it is Numada's father's cousin and stop inviting him over.
(c) There's nothing that can be done.
(d) They fire Li.

15. Where do Mitsuko and her new husband go for their honeymoon?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Paris.
(c) Italy.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Mitsuko from a sound sleep at the seedy hotel?

2. What does Numada ask about the existence of in the area where they are?

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

4. What does Keiko dream that Isobe does?

5. What does Kiguchi ask the tour guide about?

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