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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 does Kiguchi ask the tour guide about?
(a) About the proper way to address a widow in Nepal.
(b) About souls in a holding area in the Himalayas.
(c) About a holy man who is almost 300 years old.
(d) About funerals for veterans.

2. What wakes Mitsuko from a sound sleep at the seedy hotel?
(a) Snoring in the next room.
(b) A train whistle.
(c) The flapping of paper.
(d) A fire bell.

3. What did Isobe never expect concerning Keiko's death?
(a) That he would be so detached from her death.
(b) That she would seem to welcome death.
(c) That he would be so devastated by her death.
(d) That she would die so quickly after becoming ill.

4. Where is Numada headed on the plane in Chapter 4?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Gibraltar.
(c) Benares.
(d) Mecca.

5. What nickname do Tsu and Mitsuko give God when Mitsuko sees Tsu on her honeymoon?
(a) Umpire.
(b) Banker.
(c) The Blind Alley.
(d) The Onion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enami become irritated about concerning the Sanja's in Chapter 6?

2. About what does Kiguchi think about when the tourists are driven through the jungle in Chapter 6?

3. What do the soldiers eat as they are walking in Chapter 5?

4. How does Mr. Sanja see this trip as part of his work?

5. What lines the route of Kiguchi and Tsukada's retreat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why dose Enami become irritated with the Sanja couple in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is helping to care for Isobe, and what does he ask her not to tell Keiko?

9. How is Tsu thought of by the French priests?

10. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

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