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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. How does Mr. Sanja respond to the begging children in Chapter 13?
(a) He gives them a coin apiece.
(b) He screams at them.
(c) He takes them to a stand and buys them a bit of food.
(d) He rejects their advances.

2. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?
(a) At a Catholic seminary.
(b) At a Hindu ashram.
(c) At a youth hostel.
(d) At a seedy hotel near the Ganges.

3. What does Mitsuko find when she rushes over to Tsu in Chapter 13?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is not badly harmed.
(c) His neck is twisted.
(d) He has a broken arm.

4. Why does Tsu wear the type of clothing he does in Chapter 10?
(a) So he can carry the indigent dying.
(b) So he can remind himself of his heritage.
(c) So he can fit into the Indian culture.
(d) So he is not detained by immigration.

5. What does Kiguchi remark upon concerning the Americans and Japanese?
(a) He is happy the two nationalities have forged a strong bond.
(b) They were killing each other forty years ago.
(c) They will never be able to totally forgive each other.
(d) He will never forgive Nagasaki where he lost his whole family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is going on while the Japanese wait for their bus in Chapter 13?

2. To what does Tsu compare the Ganges?

3. What is wrong with the man Mitsuko accidentally steps on in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Tsu leave Mitsuko after a short time of visiting in Chapter 10?

5. How does Mr. Sanja plan to make a name for himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Kiguchi not done that he had planned to do when coming to India, and what is his consolation?

2. What happens when a group of Hindus see Sanja taking pictures of forbidden subjects?

3. What does Sanja intend to do when he comes downstairs the next morning in Chapter 13, and about what does Isobe warn him?

4. What does Kiguchi do in remembrance of his friend and other dead soldiers?

5. What does Isobe think as he throws his empty bottle into the river in Chapter 10?

6. Why does Tsu leave Mitsuko after talking briefly with her?

7. When do the Hindus and Tsu rise in the morning?

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

9. What does Mitsuko hear Kiguchi say in his feverish sleep?

10. Of what are the tourists concerned after the assassination in Chapter 9?

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