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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fisby tries to give a lecture to the crowd, Sakini stops him and explains that the villagers want to do something first. What?
(a) Ask about America.
(b) Give Fisby gifts.
(c) Ask about the school.
(d) Talk to Fisby.

2. How many weeks have passed at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A few.
(b) 28.
(c) 35.
(d) 14.

3. What is Fisby wearing when Col. Purdy calls him?
(a) A silk kimono.
(b) His bathrobe as a kimono.
(c) A white coat.
(d) Amy fatigues.

4. What did Fisby do before the war?
(a) He was a manager at a grocery store.
(b) He was a mechanic.
(c) He was a janitor at a college.
(d) He was a professor of Humanities.

5. What is Miss Higa Jiga complaining about in particular?
(a) The democratic lectures.
(b) The rice shortage.
(c) All the noise from the new building.
(d) That Lotus Blossom goes to the front of the line in the rice rations line.

6. How does Sakini get Fisby to let Lotus Blossom teach the other women in town?
(a) He tells Fisby that Lotus Blossom is a wonderful actress.
(b) He tells Fisby that Lotus Blossom knows about democracy.
(c) He tells Fisby that Lotus Blossom is a great singer.
(d) He tells Fisby that Lotus Blossom is not a prostitute.

7. Why did Fisby not report the birth of six kids in his report to the Col. under Population Increases?
(a) They are American and do not belong to the village.
(b) They are not counted until they are three years old.
(c) Fisby did not know about the births.
(d) They are goats.

8. Why do the people of the village want to make Hokaida Chief of Police?
(a) He owns his own gun.
(b) He is a good wrestler and people are afraid of him.
(c) He is the tallest man in the village.
(d) He is the strongest man in the village.

9. What did the children want to see on the trip?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Other children.
(d) An army base.

10. What does Mr. Oshira make?
(a) Cricket cages.
(b) School houses.
(c) Lacquered cups.
(d) Teahouses.

11. How does Sakini think Fisby should dole out the jobs?
(a) The men should get the jobs first.
(b) The people who bring the best gifts get the best jobs.
(c) First come, first serve.
(d) The women should get the jobs first.

12. Why will the person sitting on top of the bundles not fall off?
(a) She is going to hold on tight.
(b) She is tied on.
(c) She has great balance.
(d) She has on a seat belt.

13. How do people on Okinawa travel?
(a) Goats.
(b) By boat.
(c) By bus.
(d) On generosity.

14. What should Fisby be wearing out in the sun according to Col. Purdy?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A straw hat.
(c) His helmet.
(d) Uniform hat.

15. Who is the 2nd-best carpenter in the village?
(a) Mr. Hokaida's father.
(b) Mr. Seiko.
(c) Mr. Sumata's father.
(d) Miss Higa Jiga's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Lotus Blossom to move?

2. How often is Fisby supposed to send a report to Col. Purdy?

3. What does Fisby want the ladies to do first with their Ladies League for Democratic Action?

4. What magazine does Col. Purdy read?

5. What does Miss Higa Jiga want Lotus Blossom to do for the League for Democratic Action?

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