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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mr. Sanja respond to the begging children in Chapter 13?
(a) He rejects their advances.
(b) He takes them to a stand and buys them a bit of food.
(c) He screams at them.
(d) He gives them a coin apiece.

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

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

5. What is going on while the Japanese wait for their bus in Chapter 13?
(a) More riots.
(b) Indira Gandhi's funeral.
(c) Nothing more than usual.
(d) An election.

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

7. 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.

8. What does Tsu find when he leaves the building and goes into the streets in Chapter 11?
(a) An old woman who has collapsed.
(b) An old man who has collapsed.
(c) Several dying dogs.
(d) A young child who is dead.

9. What does Mitsuko read about in the paper in Chapter 13?
(a) Peace talks.
(b) Japan's burgeoning economy.
(c) A new technological era arising.
(d) Violence.

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

11. Of what does Tsu dream when he goes to sleep in Chapteter 11?
(a) A fellow seminary student.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mitsuko.
(d) Isobe.

12. What does narration say in Chapter 11 could hardly be called a room?
(a) The shack by the river where Tsu prays.
(b) The area Tsu occupies to sleep.
(c) The place where the dead poor are laid to prepare them.
(d) The dining room at Tsu's cheap hostel.

13. For how long has Tsu believed the general idea of the quote he reads in Chapter 11?
(a) Since before he ever read it.
(b) Since he spoke with an Indian holy shaman.
(c) Just since working with the poor.
(d) Since he read it a few weeks ago.

14. Who does Mitsuko learn is also staying in the city where she is?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) A well-known Baba.
(c) Numada.
(d) Her sister.

15. In Chapter 8, how many of the tourists decide to stay in the city rather than going on with the bus?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Numada buy at the pet shop?

2. At what time do the Hindus with whom Tsu rooms arise?

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

4. What happens near the cremation grounds in Chapter 13?

5. What is Isobe doing when Mitsuko and Numada return to the hotel in Chapter 9?

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