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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Malnourished and starving.
(d) Fine.

3. What does Mrs. Sanja think of the bus that is transporting the tourists?
(a) It is very comfortable.
(b) It is decrepit.
(c) The does not express an opinion about the bus.
(d) It is very clean.

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

5. Who stays with Kiguchi in the jungle?
(a) No one.
(b) Just Tsukada.
(c) A squad of bomb experts.
(d) Three of his still-living squad members.

6. 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.

7. About what does Kiguchi think Enami cannot know?
(a) The desolation of fighting for a cause in which you do not believe.
(b) The horrors of war.
(c) The terrible pain of poverty.
(d) The sorrow of being married to a difficult wife.

8. What happens to young children who die in the town where the tourists are in Chapter 7?
(a) They are cremated.
(b) They are set afloat in reed boats on the river.
(c) They are buried in caskets under the Ganges.
(d) They are buried under a huge baobab tree.

9. Where is Numada headed on the plane in Chapter 4?
(a) Benares.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Gibraltar.

10. Who is Ch'mund'?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A Hindu goddess.
(c) An old beggar woman in the temple.
(d) A fakir.

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

12. What surrounds the Vishvan'tha temple?
(a) A high hedge.
(b) Small shops.
(c) A wrought-iron fence.
(d) A canal.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Blackie?

2. Why does Kiguchi expect to be left in the jungle?

3. About what does Kiguchi think about when the tourists are driven through the jungle in Chapter 6?

4. Where do pilgrims come to bathe?

5. What is Mrs. Sanja's attitude towards the native children?

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