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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 would Jiya prefer to do after the family eats?
(a) Play the violin.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Read.
(d) Swim.
2. How many times in his life has Kino's father seen the Old Gentleman's flag?
(a) 1.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.
3. When is Kino glad that his father is a farmer?
(a) On days when the sea is heaving.
(b) When they go to the harvest festival.
(c) When they go to town to sell goods.
(d) When they work together in the sun.
4. The fields are layered up the mountain like __________________________.
(a) Steps.
(b) Logs.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Waves.
5. Who puts Jiya to bed after dinner?
(a) Kino's mother.
(b) Kino.
(c) Setsu.
(d) Kino's father.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Kino's father stay up all night one night?
2. Why is Jiya crying on his way to Kino's house?
3. What food is Jiya able to eat?
4. What does Setsu offer to give to Jiya?
5. Jiya tries not to think of ____________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?
2. Who is the Old Gentleman and where does he live?
3. What is at the base of the mountain and why does Kino's father go there?
4. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.
5. What does Kino's father say about Jiya's crying and what the family will do to let him mourn?
6. How does Kino's father respond when Kino thinks it is cruel for the sky and sea to be calm again?
7. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?
8. What does Kino learn from his best friend, Jiya, about why the houses in the fishing village do not have windows facing the sea?
9. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?
10. What gift does Setsu offer to Jiya when he is distraught over the loss of his family?
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