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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Hai" mean in English according to Sakini?
(a) Hi.
(b) Yes, that means no.
(c) No.
(d) O.K.

2. Who helps Lotus Blossom to move?
(a) Sakini.
(b) The women.
(c) Fisby.
(d) All the men in town.

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

4. What is Lotus Blossom doing when Col. Purdy calls at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Dancing for Fisby.
(b) Making tea for Fisby.
(c) Fanning Fisby.
(d) Reading to Fisby.

5. What does Fisby ask Lotus Blossom to do when he takes the call from Col. Purdy?
(a) To see if she can go stop the hammering on the teahouse for a minute.
(b) If she can stop talking.
(c) If she can turn off the electric fan.
(d) If she can stop the musicians.

6. What has Maj. McEvoy accomplished in his village?
(a) He has delivered fourteen lectures on democracy.
(b) All new houses have been built.
(c) A new schoolhouse has been built.
(d) 4th-graders know the alphabet through "M" and the whole village can sing "God Bless America" in English.

7. What is one of the main points of democracy that Fisby tells the villagers?
(a) That the President is an old man.
(b) That you can write the President.
(c) That the President wants a school.
(d) That the President is your friend.

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

9. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, where has Fisby been?
(a) Meditating in the pine grove.
(b) Inspecting the sweet potato fields.
(c) Giving a speech on democracy.
(d) Walking along the beach.

10. Why is the person or animal who jumps on right before the group leaves traveling?
(a) He wants to see the jungle.
(b) He just wants to go for a ride.
(c) He is the children's pet..
(d) He wants to see the ocean.

11. What does Miss Higa Jiga say is happening in the village?
(a) All the men are drunk in the pine grove.
(b) That all the Geisha are taking over.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) That the men are making too much noise building the schoolhouse.

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

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

14. Where does the animal ride on the trip?
(a) On the hood with the children.
(b) He is tied with a rope to the jeep.
(c) He rides at the top with the old woman.
(d) He is on the back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How will Fisby see around the children on the hood of the car?

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

3. When concerned about Fisby, what does the Col. ask Fisby about his medication?

4. What is the document called that Fisby is supposed to follow to help the village recover?

5. What happened when Fisby was given a job licking envelopes?

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