View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The way of the good Japanese is to enjoy life and ________________________.
(a) Pray.
(b) Forgive other people.
(c) Not fear death.
(d) Help other people.

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

3. Where is the location of Kino's home?
(a) On the side of a mountain.
(b) In the desert.
(c) Near the ocean.
(d) In a valley.

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

5. What does Jiya do when he witnesses the devastation of the big wave?
(a) He faints.
(b) He goes mute.
(c) He soils himself.
(d) He runs to the shore.

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

7. Why does Kino worry about Jiya?
(a) He can't remember things anymore.
(b) He doesn't think he will pass to the next grade.
(c) He doesn't think he will ever be happy again.
(d) He walks with a limp lately.

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

9. What is located on a small strip of sand at the base of the mountain?
(a) A school.
(b) A fishing village.
(c) A naval base.
(d) A market.

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

11. What is more valuable now than it was before the storm?
(a) A fish.
(b) A boat.
(c) Every day of life.
(d) A house.

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

13. Who is the prettiest girl Jiya has ever seen?
(a) Noriko.
(b) Sakura.
(c) Akiko.
(d) Setsu.

14. Kino's father agrees with Jiya in that _____________ would be good for Jiya right now.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Books.
(c) Music.
(d) Food.

15. Jiya explains that ________________ knows why the sea gets angry.
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) No one.
(d) Old Gentleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kino's father prepared to do for Jiya?

2. What does Kino's father say about Jiya?

3. Kino's father explains that people are afraid of the sea because it is very big and _______________________.

4. What is situated at the top of the mountain?

5. What food does Kino's mother prepare for him because he is cold?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 493 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample