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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Isobe certain about the fortuneteller?
(a) He is in touch with some spirits.
(b) He was able to contact Isobe's father.
(c) He is honest.
(d) He will charge a high fee to give Isobe the girl's whereabouts.

2. What wakes Mitsuko at the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) A knock on her door.
(b) A loud crash outside in the street.
(c) A horn honking outside in the street.
(d) The phone rings.

3. What does Numada buy at the pet shop?
(a) A toothless cobra.
(b) A myna bird.
(c) A mongoose.
(d) A hornbill.

4. Who is carried off on a stretcher in Chapter 13?
(a) Tsu.
(b) Mr. Sanja.
(c) Mitsuko.
(d) Mrs. Sanja.

5. Where are the Japanese and American tourist when they are in a conversation?
(a) On the bus on the way to the Ganges.
(b) In the hotel lobby.
(c) In the hallway outside their rooms.
(d) On the sidewalk outside the hotel.

6. What does Isobe notice about the girls he questions in the search for his wife?
(a) They will tell him what he wants to hear for money.
(b) They deny that being his wife.
(c) They are all poor and beg.
(d) They are afraid of him.

7. Why does Tsu leave Mitsuko after a short time of visiting in Chapter 10?
(a) He has nothing else to say to her.
(b) He has to go to Mass.
(c) He has to be up early.
(d) He is meeting his fiancé later.

8. What position does Tsu take in his dream argument in Chapter 11?
(a) In support of Jesus.
(b) Against Jesus' words.
(c) Against the others in the dream.
(d) Tsu refuses to argue in his dream.

9. Who is Rajini?
(a) A woman who helps Tsu.
(b) An older woman who works in the Catholic church rectory.
(c) A young girl who washes the clothes for hotel guests.
(d) The name of the girl who is supposedly Keiko's reincarnation.

10. What happens near the cremation grounds in Chapter 13?
(a) A fire gets out of control.
(b) A commotion breaks out.
(c) A flock of doves is released.
(d) A crowd is on their knees praying.

11. What is Isobe doing when Mitsuko and Numada return to the hotel in Chapter 9?
(a) Getting drunk.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Talking to a waitress.
(d) Crying.

12. What does Isobe observe a group of Indians do in Chapter 10?
(a) Offer doves at the temple.
(b) Smash the plate glass of a store.
(c) Roll over a bus.
(d) Beat a Sikh.

13. What is Mitsuko's reply to being asked about her religion?
(a) That she is Christian.
(b) That she is Shinto.
(c) That she is Buddhist.
(d) That she has no religion.

14. When does Mitsuko awaken from a nap in Chapter 8?
(a) When the tourists return from the Ganges.
(b) When Enami brings her dinner.
(c) When Kiguchi calls out.
(d) When the doctor comes to check on her.

15. Where does Mr. Sanja plan to go to take some pictures in Chapter 13?
(a) To the Ganges.
(b) The zoo.
(c) Where a protest is being held by Sikhs.
(d) Where a protest is being held by Hindus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In spite of what did Onion love his disciples?

2. What does Mitsuko say about the Ganges?

3. Where does Tsu take the indigent dead in Chapter 10?

4. Why does Kiguchi chant what he chants in Chapter 12?

5. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

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