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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part did the Sikhs on Gandhi's security detail have in the events of the day in Chapter 9?
(a) They are the ones who kill her.
(b) One of them brought the illness back from a trip to Africa.
(c) They started the discontent that led to the impeachment.
(d) They guarded all the polls.

2. Why does Tsu wear the type of clothing he does in Chapter 10?
(a) So he can carry the indigent dying.
(b) So he is not detained by immigration.
(c) So he can fit into the Indian culture.
(d) So he can remind himself of his heritage.

3. What does Mitsuko offer to do for Kiguchi in Chapter 8?
(a) Stay with him in the hospital.
(b) Call his daughter.
(c) Travel back to Japan with him.
(d) Take pictures of the rest of the trip for him.

4. What does Numada have with him in the taxi in Chapter 12?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A picture of each of his beloved animals.
(c) The myna bird.
(d) A suitcase of letters.

5. What does Tsu try to do for Mr. Sanja in Chapter 13?
(a) Stop a group of Hindus rushing to beat him up.
(b) Help him take pictures without being seen.
(c) Introduce him to some family members of a woman who just died.
(d) Force him to leave the area.

6. Where does Tsu return at the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) The river.
(b) The church.
(c) A stone house.
(d) The grocery store.

7. What does Numada do that gives the taxi driver cause for concern?
(a) Sings at the top of his lungs.
(b) Talks to the myna bird.
(c) Talks to himself and an imaginary lover.
(d) Rocks back and forth while humming.

8. Who asks Mitsuko about her religion?
(a) Tsu.
(b) No one.
(c) Isobe.
(d) An American woman.

9. How does Tsu respond to the priests' words, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) He decides to leave the church.
(b) He prays for enlightenment.
(c) He decides he cannot leave the church.
(d) He starts studying the passage from which the quote came.

10. What was Tsu doing at the river in Chapter 8?
(a) Selling prayer wheels.
(b) Meeting with groups of foreigners.
(c) Carrying dead and dying people.
(d) Looking for Mitsuko.

11. Why are the Sanjas annoyed with the other tourists at the hotel?
(a) Because they want to leave India early.
(b) Because they did not invite the couple to play cards.
(c) Because the others gather in one room to talk and do not tell the Sanja's.
(d) Because of their cautious attitude.

12. Why does Isobe visit a fortuneteller?
(a) To see if he can contact Keiko.
(b) To find out his fortune.
(c) To learn where the little girl is.
(d) To see if the University was wrong.

13. Where does Mitsuko go to look for Tsu in Chapter 8 after not finding him at the river?
(a) A hotel nearby.
(b) The Catholic church.
(c) A Buddhist temple.
(d) A boardinghouse.

14. What is wrong with the man Mitsuko accidentally steps on in Chapter 8?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is legless.
(c) He is faint from hunger.
(d) He is drunk.

15. What illness did Kiguchi have in the Army?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) Staph.
(d) T.B.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mitsuko promise to do while Enami goes for the doctor?

2. Who is drawn into a conversation with an American woman in Chapter 12?

3. How does Tsu say his Onion was brought to life?

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

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

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