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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mitsuko imitate when she is trying to offer comfort to someone?
(a) Competence.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Calmness.
(d) Love.

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

5. In spite of what did Onion love his disciples?
(a) Their tendency to wander from him when he needed them the most.
(b) Their betrayal and denial.
(c) Their tendency to think too highly of themselves.
(d) Their tendency to be non-compassionate to others.

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

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

8. Where does Tsu think his Onion resides?
(a) Only in a Christian religion.
(b) Among all peoples.
(c) In Christianity, Hinduism and Buddism.
(d) Only in the Catholic sacraments.

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

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

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

12. What does Enami tell Mitsuko and the others when he phones them concerning Ghandi?
(a) They should be careful outside of their motel.
(b) That unless the high court holds up the impeachment, no problems are anticipated.
(c) That nothing is likely to happen unless she dies of the illness.
(d) That he has arranged a bus to come get them and take them to a safer location.

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

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

15. In Chapter 9, when does Enami say he will see the group that stayed back in the city?
(a) He will be unable to return, but is sending someone else.
(b) In three days.
(c) It will be at least four days.
(d) The next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date on the next day after Isobe's visit to the village in Chapter 9?

2. What was Tsu doing at the river in Chapter 8?

3. Of what does Tsu dream when he goes to sleep in Chapteter 11?

4. What does Mitsuko offer to do for Kiguchi in Chapter 8?

5. What is Mitsuko's reply to being asked about her religion?

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