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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 part did the Sikhs on Gandhi's security detail have in the events of the day in Chapter 9?
(a) They guarded all the polls.
(b) They started the discontent that led to the impeachment.
(c) One of them brought the illness back from a trip to Africa.
(d) They are the ones who kill her.

2. What illness did Kiguchi have in the Army?
(a) Staph.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) T.B.

3. What happens to Indira Gandhi in Chapter 9?
(a) She is assassinated.
(b) She is elected prime minister.
(c) She is impeached.
(d) She falls gravely ill.

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

5. How does Tsu respond to the priests' words, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) He prays for enlightenment.
(b) He starts studying the passage from which the quote came.
(c) He decides to leave the church.
(d) He decides he cannot leave the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Japanese and American tourist when they are in a conversation?

2. Of what does Tsu dream when he goes to sleep in Chapteter 11?

3. What quote does Tsu read in Chapter 11?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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