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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the daughter going on the trip?
(a) To visit her aunt.
(b) To take care of the goats.
(c) To take care of her mother.
(d) To take care of her children.

2. What is tsukemono?
(a) A between-meal snack.
(b) A style of shoe.
(c) A building.
(d) A hat.

3. Who is the best carpenter in the village?
(a) Miss Higa Jiga.
(b) Mr. Seiko.
(c) Mr. Hokaida.
(d) Mr. Sumata.

4. What does the daughter need to bring with her on the trip?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her reading glasses.
(c) Some pots to cook in.
(d) Many more packages.

5. What do the villagers do at 5:30 p.m.?
(a) Sit in the pine grove, sip tea, and watch the sun go down.
(b) Make brandy.
(c) Go to the local teahouse.
(d) Go to bed.

6. How does Fisby take his "medication?"
(a) With water.
(b) With Brandy.
(c) Dry.
(d) With his tea.

7. How does Sakini announce to Col. Purdy that he has entered the room?
(a) He begins talking.
(b) He knocks on his behind.
(c) He clears his throat.
(d) He starts to sing "God Bless America".

8. Why does Sakini walk so slowly?
(a) He's full from dinner.
(b) His shoes are too small.
(c) He was injured in the war.
(d) So his socks won't fall down.

9. In what language does Col. Purdy count his laundry items?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Japanese.

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

11. Under what title should information be reported about children being born?
(a) "Newborns."
(b) "Pregnancies."
(c) "Populations booms."
(d) "Population Increases."

12. When Fisby tells one of the people to get off, what does this character say to Fisby?
(a) "If the goat can ride, then so can I."
(b) "I'm not taking up any room."
(c) "Why?"
(d) "I'm going, so let's get going!"

13. When, according to Col. Purdy, will US troops be out of Okinawa?
(a) By the next generation.
(b) In five years.
(c) In 100 years.
(d) By the next year.

14. 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.

15. How does Sakini explain to Fisby that the animal has no children?
(a) She is an unmarried goat.
(b) She is a he goat.
(c) She is too old to have kids.
(d) She is too young to have kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children want to see on the trip?

2. Where does the animal ride on the trip?

3. Who does Purdy believe wrote the "Tale of Two Cities"?

4. On what island does the play take place?

5. Whom is Col. Purdy sending to check up on Fisby?

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