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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jiya do when the family sits at the table to eat?
(a) Falls asleep while awake.
(b) Breaks out crying.
(c) Pushes his food around his plate.
(d) Falls into his plate of food.

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

4. Kino's father tells Kino that Jiya is not yet ready to _______________.
(a) Dance.
(b) Leave.
(c) Live.
(d) Dream.

5. What will become of the orphaned Jiya after the big wave?
(a) He will become another son in Kino's family.
(b) He will live with relatives.
(c) He will go to an orphanage.
(d) He will live with the Old Gentleman.

6. Kino thinks it is __________________ for the sun to shine and the sea to be calm again.
(a) Right.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Scary.
(d) Ironic.

7. What does Jiya do in his sleep?
(a) Sobs.
(b) Snores.
(c) Talks.
(d) Laughs.

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

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

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

11. The person who owns the island lives in a ___________________ on the mountainside.
(a) Cave.
(b) Hut.
(c) Castle.
(d) Mansion.

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

13. Kino's father says that ______________ makes a man weak.
(a) Love.
(b) Greed.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Fear.

14. Kino's father explains that people are afraid of the sea because it is very big and _______________________.
(a) Has a bad temper.
(b) There are dangerous creatures in it.
(c) It can destroy fishing boats.
(d) No one understands it.

15. Kino's father says that Jiya will _______________________ when he wakes.
(a) Feel he can never be happy again.
(b) Try to run away.
(c) Not have much of an appetite.
(d) Be very hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kino's father reminds Kino that the land is also fearsome, recalling the ________________ experienced by the family.

2. Kino's father says that one day, Jiya will ___________________.

3. What food is Jiya able to eat?

4. Kino's father agrees with Jiya in that _____________ would be good for Jiya right now.

5. Who is the first to speak to Jiya when he awakens?

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