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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lines the route of Kiguchi and Tsukada's retreat?
(a) People cheering.
(b) Starving civilians.
(c) Large palm trees.
(d) Dead and dying soldiers.

2. What does Numada do with his puppy when told to get rid of it?
(a) Shoots it.
(b) Gives it to his best friend.
(c) Releases it into the woods.
(d) Trains it in secret.

3. How is Tsu described in Chapter 3?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Vivacious and talkative.
(c) Awkward and religious.
(d) Athletic and strong.

4. Who comforts Numada when his parents are going through the process of a divorce?
(a) His favorite teacher at school.
(b) His older sister.
(c) His best friend whose parents are already divorced.
(d) His dog.

5. What pet does Numada get as an adult that his wife does not like?
(a) A cat.
(b) A pot-bellied pig.
(c) A ferret.
(d) A hornbill.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Isobe also lie when he leaves his wife's hospital room and goes home?

2. What does Isobe wonder about as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?

3. What does the hospital delay doing in hopes of giving Keiko a longer life?

4. What does Isobe write about his wife?

5. What happens to young children who die in the town where the tourists are in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tsukada confess to Kiguchi about how Tsukada managed to feed Kiguchi during the war in Burma?

2. How does Numada cope with his parents' divorce proceedings?

3. What does the hornbill forced upon Numada by a pet-store owner come to mean to Numada?

4. What does the snake charmer in the garden do?

5. What does Numada say to Enami about the trees in India?

6. Why is Li forced to leave the employ of Numada's famly?

7. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

8. How does Mitsuko feel about her time in the hospital?

9. What is Enami's warning to Mr. Sanja?

10. How does Mitsuko force Tsu to drink at a party, and what happens?

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