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

2. Jiya will one day be able to live with the fact of his family members being dead by _______________________.
(a) Carrying them in his memories.
(b) Praying to them.
(c) Looking at pictures of them.
(d) Naming his children after them.

3. What would Jiya prefer to do after the family eats?
(a) Swim.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Read.
(d) Play the violin.

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

5. Who is the author of THE BIG WAVE?
(a) Pearl S. Buck.
(b) Pearl C. Buchmann.
(c) Pearl F. Buckley.
(d) Pearl A. Bowen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Kino's concern for Jiya?

2. When is Kino glad that his father is a farmer?

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

4. What will Kino's family do while Jiya is sad?

5. Why will many villagers stay at home during the emergency?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kino's father say about Jiya's crying and what the family will do to let him mourn?

3. How does Jiya feel when his new family encourages him to sit at the table and eat with them?

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

5. How does Kino's father respond when Kino thinks it is cruel for the sky and sea to be calm again?

6. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?

7. What does Kino's father remind him about that shows that the land, as well as the sea, is also fearsome?

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

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

10. How accurate was Kino's father in describing the stages that Jiya will go through in his healing?

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