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

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

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

4. Where are Kiguchi and Tsukada walking together during Kiguchi's flashback?
(a) Along a seashore.
(b) Down the main street of a small village.
(c) On the Highway of Death.
(d) In the mountains.

5. What is Numada thinking of buying his wife in Chapter 4?
(a) A new wardrobe.
(b) A new car.
(c) Perfume.
(d) A new home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Sanja's ask Numada to do in Chapter 6?

2. What instrument does Tsu play?

3. Who/what does Isobe's wife saying she has been talking to?

4. What does Mrs. Sanja do constantly on the bus?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Enami's favorite Hindu goddess?

2. What do some of the students try to get Mitsuko to do concerning Tsu in Chapter 3, and to what is that likened?

3. What does Kiguchi ask Enami about doing while Kiguchi is in India?

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

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

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

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

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

9. For what does Isobe tell Mitsuko he is searching?

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

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