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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fisby find in the corner of his office that he cups in his hands?
(a) A roach.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A sparrow.

2. What are some of Capt. McLean's favorite plants?
(a) Cucumbers - Extra Early Green Prolific; Radishes - Crimson Giant; Tomatoes - Ponderosa Earliana; and Watermelon.
(b) Celery, Lettuce, and Snow Root Strawberries.
(c) Jolly Green Giant Peas and Idaho Potatoes.
(d) Super Red Tomatoes and Carrot Root.

3. When Gregovich goes out in the village to destroy all the stills, how does he return?
(a) He returns after dark because he watched the sun set in the grove with the others.
(b) He gets lost and does not return until the next day.
(c) He returns drunk.
(d) He returns angry.

4. What does it mean for Fisby to cover his face with the fan when he starts the wrestling match?
(a) That it is too hot to hold the fight.
(b) That he is not taking sides.
(c) That he is not to speak during the fight.
(d) That he is blind to the loser.

5. Why does Lotus Blossom put on a wresting match?
(a) It is tradition.
(b) The celebrate the goods being sold at market.
(c) It is Fisby's birthday.
(d) To celebrate the opening of the Teahouse.

6. According to Sakini at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2, what has the island of Okinawa survived?
(a) French and American missionaries and American Marines.
(b) Gypsy moth, frog, and cicada invasion.
(c) Chinese pirates, Japanese warlords, English missionaries, and American Marines.
(d) Earthquakes and tsunami.

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

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

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

10. Why does Capt. McLean want to leave the meeting with Col. Purdy?
(a) He needs to go to the teahouse.
(b) He needs to transplant his seedlings.
(c) He needs to stop the villagers from over-watering his seedlings.
(d) He is needed at the stills.

11. What do all the villagers do when Col. Purdy enters after the wrestling match?
(a) They all run away.
(b) They block him.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They continue singing.

12. What is Capt. McLean studying when Fisby enters at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The building plans for the teahouse.
(b) Seed books.
(c) Plan "B."
(d) The cricket cage.

13. When Col. Purdy tells Capt. McLean that he will be leaving, how does Capt. McLean describe what will happen to his plant?
(a) They will outgrow their area.
(b) They will all dry up.
(c) They will rot.
(d) They will be murdered.

14. Who is wresting?
(a) Seiko and Sakini.
(b) The Chief of Agriculture and the Chief of Police.
(c) McLean and Seiko.
(d) The Mayor and Mr. Oshira.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fisby ask the villagers to do as they sing after the wrestling match?

2. Who is the winner of the wrestling match?

3. What is the villagers' liquor made from?

4. Where is the paperwork that Col. Purdy wants to see hiding?

5. What does it mean when Fisby gives Lotus Blossom a chrysanthemum in full bloom?

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