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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food is Jiya able to eat?
(a) Pork.
(b) Rice.
(c) Soup.
(d) Persimmons.

2. What is the reason for Kino's concern for Jiya?
(a) He is too busy playing to study.
(b) He fell down and hit his head.
(c) His whole family is dead.
(d) He might be really sick.

3. What does Jiya think when he awakens and sees Kino's family?
(a) He thinks Kino's mother is beautiful.
(b) He doesn't know why he is with them.
(c) He must have had a sleepover with Kino.
(d) He doesn't recognize them.

4. What will Kino's family do while Jiya is sad?
(a) Give Jiya more sweet treats.
(b) Chastise Jiya for his behavior.
(c) Let Jiya stay in bed as long as he wants to.
(d) Continue to live as they always have.

5. What food does Kino's mother prepare for him because he is cold?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Rice.
(c) Soup.
(d) Tea.

6. Who wants to spend the night on the island?
(a) Kino.
(b) Jiya.
(c) Hiromi.
(d) Joji.

7. What color flag does the Old Gentleman raise as an alert for the villagers?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

8. As Jiya starts to feel better, he will cry only _______________________.
(a) At night.
(b) On his birthday.
(c) When he looks at the sea.
(d) On the anniversary of the day his family died.

9. What does Kino urge Jiya to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Eat.
(d) Take a bath.

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

11. Jiya seems to be too tired to _______________.
(a) Walk.
(b) Think.
(c) Pray.
(d) Speak.

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

13. Who puts Jiya to bed after dinner?
(a) Kino's father.
(b) Kino.
(c) Kino's mother.
(d) Setsu.

14. When does Jiya not want to be on the island?
(a) When it is very windy.
(b) When a storm is coming.
(c) When it is getting dark.
(d) When the ocean is angry.

15. What is Kino's father's advice about evil storms?
(a) You should not be a fisherman.
(b) You should not live near the ocean.
(c) You must live through them bravely.
(d) You should not go out in a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Someday, Jiya will accept ____________________ as part of life.

2. What does Kino's father anticipate about Jiya's crying?

3. The way of the good Japanese is to enjoy life and ________________________.

4. Why does Kino's father instruct Kino to get his mother and sister?

5. Who is Kino's sister?

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