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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Kino's parents tell Jiya when he awakens?
(a) They will find a good home for him.
(b) They will be his parents now.
(c) They will take him to the orphanage.
(d) They will take him to live with relatives.

2. Sometimes Kino and Jiya swim to a small island owned by whom?
(a) Wise One.
(b) Kenzo.
(c) Aito.
(d) Old Gentleman.

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

4. Why does Kino's father stay up all night one night?
(a) Kino is sick.
(b) A volcano is active.
(c) Setsu has not returned home.
(d) The waves are very high.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jiya seems to be too tired to _______________.

2. What will Kino's family do while Jiya returns to life again?

3. How many times in his life has Kino's father seen the Old Gentleman's flag?

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

5. What do Kino and Jiya search for when they play near the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kino's experience when the volcano starts to become active?

2. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?

3. How does Jiya's awe of an angry sea foreshadow what the sea is ultimately capable of?

4. What does Kino's father say about how Jiya will recover one day and how he will carry his deceased family members with him?

5. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.

6. What gift does Setsu offer to Jiya when he is distraught over the loss of his family?

7. What is at the base of the mountain and why does Kino's father go there?

8. Why does Kino's father say they must wait for Jiya?

9. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?

10. What does Kino learn from his best friend, Jiya, about why the houses in the fishing village do not have windows facing the sea?

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