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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 is Kiguchi and Tsukada's physical condition in the flashback as they are walking?
(a) Fine.
(b) Malnourished and starving.
(c) Weak but not failing.
(d) Strong and robust.

2. What is the nationality of the tourists on the bus in Chapter 6?
(a) Japanese.
(b) A mixture of European, Japanese and American.
(c) Korean.
(d) Chinese.

3. What does Enami become irritated about concerning the Sanja's in Chapter 6?
(a) They keep asking the bus to stop for pictures.
(b) They tip poorly every time they have a meal.
(c) They refuse to buy anything from the local merchants.
(d) Their condescending attitude towards India and Hinduism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tsu say when Mitsuko questions him about his religious beliefs?

2. What did Isobe never expect concerning Keiko's death?

3. What does Tsu do every day after class?

4. What does Miss Naruse think Keiko already knows?

5. What group of people does Gaston tell Tsukada about after Tsukada make a confession to Gaston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

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