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

2. What is Col. Purdy looking for as Act 1, Scene 1 ends?
(a) His toothbrush.
(b) His magazine.
(c) His bathrobe.
(d) His pants.

3. What gift does Mr. Sumata bring for Fisby?
(a) Lumber.
(b) A house servant.
(c) A Geisha girl.
(d) A carpenter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fisby tells one of the people to get off, what does this character say to Fisby?

2. When Fisby tries to give a lecture to the crowd, Sakini stops him and explains that the villagers want to do something first. What?

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

4. How does Sakini think Fisby should dole out the jobs?

5. What must Fisby do with the women of the small village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the villagers going to do with all the money they make selling their brandy? Why is it important to wear white coats? What is the white coat a symbol of for the people of Okinawa?

2. Why do the villagers hide things? What does this tell the audience about their history?

3. What does Fisby offer Capt. McLean upon his arrival? Why is this important?

4. How does Sakini describe the trip to Tobiki by jeep? What does this tell the audience about Fisby's control?

5. How does Sakini describe Tobiki at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1? Why do those descriptions not go together? How does this create conflict?

6. Why is McLean upset about being sent away? How does he view what will happen to his plants?

7. How are the villagers getting drunk? How do they make liquor? Why do they make it?

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

9. How is Lotus Blossom going to remember Fisby? What is she going to do in remembrance?

10. What speech is Fisby going to give when he arrives in Tobiki? What does Sakini call the speech? Why? What does this tell the audience about the history of the island and its people?

(see the answer keys)

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