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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: pages 24-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Setsu feel about Jiya living with her family?
(a) Appalled.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Excited.

2. What is the theme of THE BIG WAVE?
(a) Love conquers all.
(b) Man's inhumanity to man.
(c) Life is stronger than death.
(d) Greed.

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Jiya will experience in his healing process?
(a) His body will renew itself.
(b) He will have to be medicated.
(c) He will want to live.
(d) His mind will begin thinking again.

4. What are Kino and his family doing at the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Flying kites.
(b) Waiting for Jiya to wake.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Harvesting rice.

5. With what task does Jiya sometimes help his father?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Making nets.
(c) Painting.
(d) Harvesting rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jiya will one day be able to live with the fact of his family members being dead by _______________________.

2. Jiya cannot, and should not, forget his _______________.

3. Why does Kino's father not allow Jiya to warn his father about the big wave?

4. In what country does THE BIG WAVE take place?

5. Jiya explains that ________________ knows why the sea gets angry.

(see the answer key)

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