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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 narration say in Chapter 11 could hardly be called a room?
(a) The shack by the river where Tsu prays.
(b) The area Tsu occupies to sleep.
(c) The dining room at Tsu's cheap hostel.
(d) The place where the dead poor are laid to prepare them.

2. Where are the Japanese and American tourist when they are in a conversation?
(a) In the hallway outside their rooms.
(b) On the sidewalk outside the hotel.
(c) On the bus on the way to the Ganges.
(d) In the hotel lobby.

3. For how long has Tsu believed the general idea of the quote he reads in Chapter 11?
(a) Since he spoke with an Indian holy shaman.
(b) Since before he ever read it.
(c) Since he read it a few weeks ago.
(d) Just since working with the poor.

4. What is Isobe doing when Mitsuko and Numada return to the hotel in Chapter 9?
(a) Getting drunk.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Crying.
(d) Talking to a waitress.

5. What does Isobe warn Mr. Sanja to forgo photographing?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Weddings.
(c) Children.
(d) Sikhs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mitsuko promise to do while Enami goes for the doctor?

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

3. What does Mitsuko imitate when she is trying to offer comfort to someone?

4. What position does Tsu take in his dream argument in Chapter 11?

5. What is Mitsuko's reply to being asked about her religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tsu tell Mitsuko as to why he dresses as he does?

2. Why is wrong with Kiguchi in Chapter 8, and how is Mitsuko involved?

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

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

5. What has Kiguchi read recently about good and evil?

6. What does Tsu say when Mitsuko asks if he believes in reincarnation?

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

8. What does Numada do with the myna bird he bought?

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

10. What significance is there to the next day, October 31st?

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