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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. What does Kino want to do after the family eats?
(a) Tell stories.
(b) Play musical instruments.
(c) Walk up the hillside.
(d) Walk down to the sea.

2. What does the big wave eradicate?
(a) Some abandoned shacks.
(b) All the piers.
(c) The whole village.
(d) The fishing boats.

3. Why is Kino glad that he lives up so high on the mountain?
(a) He can almost touch clouds.
(b) He can see the sea below.
(c) Sometimes it snows there.
(d) He pretends he is king of the world.

4. What is notable about the houses nearest the sea in the fishing village?
(a) There are no windows facing the sea.
(b) They have brick facades.
(c) They have no front door.
(d) They are painted red.

5. Kino's family will allow Jiya to be _________________.
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What encircles the fields on the mountain?

2. Why does Kino sometimes think Jiya is luckier than he is?

3. What does Jiya do when he witnesses the devastation of the big wave?

4. How does Setsu feel about Jiya living with her family?

5. What color flag does the Old Gentleman raise as an alert for the villagers?

(see the answer key)

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