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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 feel about the quote he reads in Chapter 11?
(a) It is inaccurate.
(b) It is true only if the water is flowing.
(c) That the poor are condemned by that quote.
(d) That it is absolutely true.

2. In Chapter 8, how many of the tourists decide to stay in the city rather than going on with the bus?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

3. Why does Isobe visit a fortuneteller?
(a) To see if he can contact Keiko.
(b) To learn where the little girl is.
(c) To see if the University was wrong.
(d) To find out his fortune.

4. What does Numada buy at the pet shop?
(a) A myna bird.
(b) A hornbill.
(c) A toothless cobra.
(d) A mongoose.

5. What is the date on the next day after Isobe's visit to the village in Chapter 9?
(a) October 31.
(b) November 31.
(c) November 3.
(d) October 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, when does Enami say he will see the group that stayed back in the city?

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

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

4. Who warns Mr. Sanja to stop taking pictures?

5. Why does Kiguchi chant what he chants in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the other tourist who return from the Ganges tell Mitsuko they saw?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mitsuko feel as she joins the Hindus in a prayer at the river?

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