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

2. Col. Purdy comes out to see Fisby off and cannot believe what he sees. As he begins to complain, what happens?
(a) Sakini takes the wheel and drives off.
(b) The old lady comes to life and starts screaming at him.
(c) Fisby just drives off.
(d) The old woman climbs down, takes the wheel, and drives off.

3. How does Sakini think Fisby should dole out the jobs?
(a) First come, first serve.
(b) The women should get the jobs first.
(c) The people who bring the best gifts get the best jobs.
(d) The men should get the jobs first.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Lotus Blossom pay her dues?

2. What is the daughter pushing when she arrives in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Which villager speaks English other than Sakini?

4. What is the first kind of business Fisby thinks of starting in the village?

5. What noise can be heard as Fisby tries to hear who is calling him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fisby achieve peace with himself in the end? What happens to his ambition? How does he describe his own balance?

2. What is the symbol behind a chrysanthemum bud? Why does Lotus Blossom give this to Fisby? Why does this bother him?

3. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1, Sakini notes that, "Prosperity giggle like silly girl. Things we do best...not wanted. Things we think least of...wanted most." What is he referring to? How did he create this thought process?

4. What is the subtitle of Plan B? What is funny about the title? Why?

5. When Fisby offers Capt. McLean tsukemomo, McLean declines saying he just ate something. What? What is important about what Capt. McLean just ate? How does this outline the conflict between McLean and Fisby?

6. How does Sakini describe to Col. Purdy how the laundry gets done? What does Col. Purdy think of this system? Why does he have this opinion?

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

8. 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.

9. What shape is the new school to be built? Why is this important? Do you think the villagers understand the meaning of this symbol? Why?

10. Why does Lotus Blossom want to go to America? How does she see the country? What does Fisby think would be her reality?

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