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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregovich really destroy?
(a) Stills.
(b) Large pots.
(c) Cisterns.
(d) Water barrels.

2. According to Sakini, how does fortune often come?
(a) From the mouths of our mothers.
(b) When we least expect it.
(c) In the back door while we look out the window.
(d) Inside a fortune cookie.

3. How old is the liquor?
(a) Five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) About a week.
(d) Ten years.

4. What does Col. Purdy tell Gregovich to do with the stills?
(a) Learn how to use them.
(b) Destroy them all.
(c) Dismantle them and take them back.
(d) Inspect them.

5. What does Col. Purdy tell Gregovich to do with the teahouse?
(a) Close it.
(b) Move it.
(c) Rip is down.
(d) Cover it.

6. What will be the punishment for Fisby?
(a) Discharge from the army.
(b) Court-martial.
(c) $5000.00 fine.
(d) He will be jailed.

7. According to Sakini at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2, what has invaded the island of Okinawa?
(a) Japanese pirates, and plague.
(b) Frogs, cicadas, and American Marines.
(c) Tsunami, typhoons, and rats
(d) Typhoons, locusts, cockroaches, and the sweet potato moth.

8. What do they call the liquor that was made 10 days ago?
(a) Blue Ribbon Brandy.
(b) Happy Brandy.
(c) Special Brandy.
(d) 10 star Brandy.

9. Where did one of the contestant's get his shirt for the wrestling match?
(a) He made it himself.
(b) From a sailor at the Naval Base.
(c) From the parachute silk.
(d) From the target sheets.

10. What does Sakini want to do when he realizes that Fisby is leaving?
(a) He wants to plant crops with McLean.
(b) He wants to go with him.
(c) He wants to go back to work with Col. Purdy.
(d) He wants to stay in his village.

11. When Lotus Blossom asks Fisby if she can marry someone else, what does he tell her?
(a) That she must ask her father.
(b) That she must ask the Geisha guild.
(c) That he will think about it.
(d) That it is her decision.

12. What does it mean when Fisby gives Lotus Blossom a chrysanthemum in full bloom?
(a) That he is captivated by her.
(b) That he loves her.
(c) That he thinks she is beautiful.
(d) That he gives her his heart.

13. What is Capt. McLean's lie to Fisby about why he is visiting the village?
(a) He's always wanted to see the beach.
(b) He's always wanted to see the jungle.
(c) He claims to be on leave and wants to make some ethnological studies.
(d) He says he wants to see a teahouse built.

14. For what special occasions is the liquor made?
(a) Weddings and funerals.
(b) End-of-war dances.
(c) Spring dances.
(d) Teahouse celebrations.

15. What is Capt. McLean's retirement plan?
(a) To retire to Hawaii.
(b) To buy a ranch home and mow the lawn.
(c) To buy a farm and raise specialty crops for big restaurants.
(d) To buy a home on the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the play, what does Sakini wish that the August Moon brings to the audience?

2. What is the cloth that the white suits are made from?

3. Why, according to Fisby, must he build a teahouse?

4. What does Col. Purdy think of the Co-Op?

5. How is the group flying over to look at the village going to document the trip?

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