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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tension are the tourists not aware of concerning the Sikhs?
(a) Their conflict with accepted medical care.
(b) Their conflict with the Hindus.
(c) They are often persecuted for their odd culture.
(d) Their homeland was invaded recently.

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

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

5. What type of clothes does Tsu wear in Chapter 10?
(a) Robes like a Buddhist monk.
(b) Traditional Japanese robes.
(c) Clothes that an outcast would wear.
(d) Western garb.

6. To what does Tsu compare the Ganges?
(a) False prophets.
(b) The love of his Onion.
(c) Eternity.
(d) False hope.

7. By Chapter 12, how many American tourists have arrived at the hotel with the Japanese group is staying?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

8. Whose name does Kiguchi call out in his sleep in Chapter 8?
(a) Tsukada.
(b) Keiko.
(c) Numada.
(d) Gaston.

9. In Chapter 10, what does Isobe realize he believes?
(a) A god of death.
(b) An indifferent god.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His own way.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Isobe learn about the little girl he is trying to locate?
(a) Someone has already claimed that she is their loved one's reincaration.
(b) She is very ill and in the hospital.
(c) She has moved.
(d) She has died.

15. What does Mitsuko find when she rushes over to Tsu in Chapter 13?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is not badly harmed.
(c) He has a broken arm.
(d) His neck is twisted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Indira Gandhi in Chapter 9?

3. Why does Tsu leave Mitsuko after a short time of visiting in Chapter 10?

4. What does Tsu think his Onion would do with the dead?

5. How does Mr. Sanja respond to the begging children in Chapter 13?

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