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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 group of people does Gaston tell Tsukada about after Tsukada make a confession to Gaston?
(a) A group stuck in Siberia with no shelter.
(b) The first group to conquer Everest.
(c) A group of climbers in the Andes.
(d) The Donner party.

2. What does Ch'mund' do despite being sick and emaciated?
(a) Give away charms.
(b) Sing.
(c) Give her milk to children.
(d) Dance.

3. What does Tsu say when Mitsuko questions him about his religious beliefs?
(a) He thinks Islam has many good idea.
(b) He does not know what he believes.
(c) He is an atheist.
(d) He leans towards Hindu.

4. What does Tsu do every day after class?
(a) Goes to the chapel to pray.
(b) Plays football.
(c) Writes his parents.
(d) Practices the piano.

5. What does Keiko urge Isobe to do as she comes out of a coma for a minute?
(a) Make peace with his daughter.
(b) Take care of her mother.
(c) Be happy.
(d) Find her when she is reborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Numada grow up as a child?

2. What is Numada thinking of buying his wife in Chapter 4?

3. What is the Kultur Heim?

4. Who is Ch'mund'?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mitsuko tires of sleeping with Tsu?

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

3. In Kiguchi's flashback, how do the soldiers feed themselves along the Highway of Death?

4. What does Kiguchi think regarding Enami and the horrors Kiguchi exprienced in Burma?

5. What happens to the myna bird Numada acquires, as described in Chapter 4?

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

7. What story does Gaston tell Tsukada when he confesses about the meat in Burma?

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

9. About what does Mrs. Sanja complain while riding on the bus?

10. What does Tsukada ask of Kiguchi ten years after the two encounter each other in Tokyo?

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