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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 does Tsu take the indigent dead in Chapter 10?
(a) He does not take them anywhere as no one will accept them.
(b) To a pauper's field.
(c) To a Catholic charity for burial.
(d) To a crematorium.

2. In Chapter 10, what does Isobe realize he believes?
(a) An indifferent god.
(b) A god of death.
(c) His own way.
(d) Nothing.

3. 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 rejects their advances.
(d) He takes them to a stand and buys them a bit of food.

4. What does the doctor do when he arrives in Chapter 8?
(a) Says Mr. Sanja will need rabies shots.
(b) Says Mitsuko is having a miscarriage.
(c) Gives Kiguchi a shot and draws blood.
(d) Wraps Mrs. Sanja's ankle.

5. Who asks Mitsuko about her religion?
(a) No one.
(b) An American woman.
(c) Isobe.
(d) Tsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mitsuko learn is also staying in the city where she is?

2. What does Numada buy at the pet shop?

3. On what plan has Kuguchi not followed through, as described in Chapter 12?

4. Whose name does Kiguchi call out in his sleep in Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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