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

2. Why does Isobe travel out to a village in Chapter 8?
(a) To meet with a holy man.
(b) To meet up with an old war buddy.
(c) To inquire after a cousin who used to be a doctor in that village.
(d) To see if a little girl there might be his reincarnated wife.

3. Who does Mitsuko learn is also staying in the city where she is?
(a) Numada.
(b) Her sister.
(c) A well-known Baba.
(d) Her aunt.

4. What wakes Mitsuko at the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) A horn honking outside in the street.
(b) The phone rings.
(c) A loud crash outside in the street.
(d) A knock on her door.

5. What position does Tsu take in his dream argument in Chapter 11?
(a) Tsu refuses to argue in his dream.
(b) Against Jesus' words.
(c) Against the others in the dream.
(d) In support of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how many of the tourists decide to stay in the city rather than going on with the bus?

2. What does Kiguchi remark upon concerning the Americans and Japanese?

3. What happens near the cremation grounds in Chapter 13?

4. Who is drawn into a conversation with an American woman in Chapter 12?

5. What does Mitsuko offer to do for Kiguchi in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Isobe think about the fortuneteller he visits in Chapter 9?

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

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

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