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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are the Sanja's?
(a) An elderly woman and her son.
(b) Two elderly sisters on the tour.
(c) Two brothers on the tour.
(d) A couple on their honeymoon.

5. What does Isobe wonder about as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?
(a) If there is truth in reincarnation.
(b) If he loved his wife.
(c) If he has a soul.
(d) If he wants to return home.

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

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

8. What does Isobe write about his wife?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her daily prognosis.
(c) Funny stories.
(d) Haikus.

9. What lines the route of Kiguchi and Tsukada's retreat?
(a) People cheering.
(b) Starving civilians.
(c) Dead and dying soldiers.
(d) Large palm trees.

10. What nickname do Tsu and Mitsuko give God when Mitsuko sees Tsu on her honeymoon?
(a) Banker.
(b) The Blind Alley.
(c) Umpire.
(d) The Onion.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Keiko experience a few days before her death?
(a) A deep sadness.
(b) An out-of-body experience.
(c) A revelation about her daughter.
(d) A sense of certainty that Isobe will be all right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to young children who die in the town where the tourists are in Chapter 7?

2. What voices does Numada say he has sensed in India?

3. To whom does Isobe also lie when he leaves his wife's hospital room and goes home?

4. What do the soldiers eat as they are walking in Chapter 5?

5. What does Numada do with his puppy when told to get rid of it?

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