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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of the village want Fisby to build?

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

3. What is Lotus Blossom doing when Col. Purdy calls at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

4. When someone gives a cricket cage, what is not included?

5. What has Maj. McEvoy accomplished in his village?

Short Essay Questions

1. McLean goes into great detail about worms? What did you learn about worms from his descriptions? Why does this concern Col. Purdy?

2. When Capt. McLean arrives in Tobiki, how does he find Fisby? What is Fisby dressed in and what is the appearance of his office? What does this tell the audience about Fisby?

3. What is happening as Act 2, Scene 2 opens? What does this action suggest about Fisby's character? What has changed about Fisby?

4. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. How does Col. Purdy lie to the men about their bathwater? What scientific formula does he come up with? What does this tell the audience about Col. Purdy and the way he thinks?

9. What does Fisby say to the villagers after their failure selling their good? Why does he want them to be proud of their work? Why is their work different?

10. Why do cricket cages always come empty? What does this idea tell us about the philosophy of the people of Tobiki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who, at the beginning of the play, owns a white coat? What honor does this bring to the wearer? Would anyone wearing a white coat receive the same honor? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 2

What does Col. Purdy say about teaching democracy to the villagers? What did Col. Purdy do before the war? Do you think his occupation plays into his role as a Colonel? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of Sakini as the narrator and describe how he is used in this play as narrator and as a character. What is Sakini's personal point-of-view and how does it influence the audience during the play? Is a narrator always used to influence or is he usually there just to tell the story?

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