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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the first kind of business Fisby thinks of starting in the village?
(a) Manual labor.
(b) Farming.
(c) A souvenir business.
(d) Teaching school for entire area.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape will the new schoolhouse be in the village?

2. What, according to Fisby, does Congress not have any control over?

3. What does "Hai" mean in English according to Sakini?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Col. Purdy promise his wife? What does this tell the audience about his marriage to Mrs. Purdy?

2. What does the old woman sitting on top of the jeep foreshadow? What clue does this character give to the general plot of the play?

3. Describe the road to Tobiki. What does this tell the audience about how the journey will go?

4. Why will the mayor of Tobiki "lose face" if his grandmother does not arrive? What do you think "lose face" means in this story?

5. Who does Col. Purdy decide to send to check on Fisby? Why?

6. What does Miss Higa Jiga threaten to do if Fisby does not agree with her request? Why is this important? What does this do to the story?

7. Why do the American soldiers not buy any goods from the villagers? What do you think the soldiers mean by the word "hayseed?"

8. What does Fisby say to Lotus Blossom when she asks if she should marry Seiko? How does his answer reflect his American beliefs? Does this signal a change away from the village?

9. What do you think is the difference between the goods made by the villagers and those sold in the 5&10 cent stores? Discuss machine vs. handmade.

10. What does Fisby tell Mclean about his personal happiness? When did he become happy? Why? What is happening to Fisby? How is he changing?

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