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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Sanja plan to make a name for himself?
(a) By photographing forbidden rituals.
(b) By recording the thoughts and photos of some of the well-known Indian politicians.
(c) By photographing the Sikhs who are being hung for conspiracy.
(d) By photographing Gandhi's memorial sevice.

2. How does Tsu feel about Jesus?
(a) Dubious as to all the claims about him.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Mildly interested in Jesus.
(d) Enthralled.

3. Where does Tsu meet Mitsuko in Chapter 10?
(a) In a small coffee shop.
(b) At the hotel gardens.
(c) Back at the river.
(d) At a Catholic church.

4. What character in the Bible is present in Tsu's dream in Chapter 11?
(a) The Samaritan.
(b) Peter.
(c) Judas.
(d) The woman at the well.

5. Where does Tsu take the indigent dead in Chapter 10?
(a) To a Catholic charity for burial.
(b) He does not take them anywhere as no one will accept them.
(c) To a crematorium.
(d) To a pauper's field.

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

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

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

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

10. About what does Kiguchi talk to Mitsuko when they are at the river in Chapter 12?
(a) He belief that calling a river sacred is nonsense.
(b) His war experiences.
(c) His desire to stay in India longer.
(d) His skepticism about the river's attraction.

11. About what are the tourists concerned after the situation about Gandhi becomes known?
(a) That an epidemic of the same disease will begin.
(b) That the motels will be stricter about who can stay there.
(c) That there will be riots and martial law.
(d) That some of the tourist sites will be closed.

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

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

14. How does Tsu say his Onion was brought to life?
(a) Through his Onion's faith.
(b) In the hearts of the Onion's disciples.
(c) He believes his Onion never actually died.
(d) He does not believe his Onion came back to life.

15. What does Mitsuko ask the nuns that she sees carting away a dying woman?
(a) If she can help them.
(b) Why they do the kind of work they do.
(c) If the woman will be all right.
(d) If they have somewhere to take the woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Tsu respond to the priests' words, as described in Chapter 11?

3. What illness did Kiguchi have in the Army?

4. What belief does the quote that Tsy reads in Chapter 11 say?

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

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