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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 Tsu try to do for Mr. Sanja in Chapter 13?
(a) Force him to leave the area.
(b) Help him take pictures without being seen.
(c) Stop a group of Hindus rushing to beat him up.
(d) Introduce him to some family members of a woman who just died.

2. Who warns Mr. Sanja to stop taking pictures?
(a) Tsu.
(b) Some soldiers.
(c) Some family members of the deceased.
(d) The police.

3. What does Numada have with him in the taxi in Chapter 12?
(a) A suitcase of letters.
(b) The myna bird.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A picture of each of his beloved animals.

4. What does Tsu find when he leaves the building and goes into the streets in Chapter 11?
(a) Several dying dogs.
(b) An old woman who has collapsed.
(c) A young child who is dead.
(d) An old man who has collapsed.

5. On what plan has Kuguchi not followed through, as described in Chapter 12?
(a) To write his brother and ask forgiveness.
(b) To hold a Buddhist service.
(c) To write a poem for Gaston.
(d) To immerse in the Ganges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part did the Sikhs on Gandhi's security detail have in the events of the day in Chapter 9?

2. What does Mitsuko read about in the paper in Chapter 13?

3. For how long has Tsu believed the general idea of the quote he reads in Chapter 11?

4. By Chapter 12, how many American tourists have arrived at the hotel with the Japanese group is staying?

5. What is the date on the next day after Isobe's visit to the village in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tsu feel he is doing when he carries an old, dying woman to the river?

2. Of what is Tsu capable only in his dreams?

3. How does Sanja think he will make a name for himself as a photographer?

4. Where does Isobe go despite concerns about civil unrest?

5. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

6. What did the Catholic priests tell Tsu he should do if he believed Gandhi's quote, and what does Tsu do?

7. What does Isobe witness as he is getting drunk and wandering the streets in Chapter 10?

8. What quote does Tsu read of Mahatma Gandhi's?

9. Why does Isobe travel out to a village near the city?

10. What does Kiguchi say to Mitsuko on the bus about Americans and Japanese?

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