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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. With what task does Jiya sometimes help his father?
(a) Harvesting rice.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Making nets.
(d) Painting.
2. What encircles the fields on the mountain?
(a) Stone walls.
(b) Brick walls.
(c) Chain fences.
(d) Arbors.
3. Where does Kino's father place Jiya after he faints?
(a) On the sand.
(b) On a futon.
(c) On a mattress.
(d) On a chair.
4. What does Jiya do when the family sits at the table to eat?
(a) Falls into his plate of food.
(b) Breaks out crying.
(c) Falls asleep while awake.
(d) Pushes his food around his plate.
5. Kino's father sells rice and __________________ at the fishing village.
(a) Wine.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Vegetables.
Short Answer Questions
1. Jiya cannot, and should not, forget his _______________.
2. How many times in his life has Kino's father seen the Old Gentleman's flag?
3. Who puts Jiya to bed after dinner?
4. Kino's father says that ______________ makes a man weak.
5. Kino thinks it is __________________ for the sun to shine and the sea to be calm again.
Short Essay Questions
1. What experience does Kino have with diving that lets him know why Jiya feels the way he does about the sea?
2. How accurate was Kino's father in describing the stages that Jiya will go through in his healing?
3. What does Kino learn from his best friend, Jiya, about why the houses in the fishing village do not have windows facing the sea?
4. What does Kino want to do with Jiya after they eat dinner?
5. Why do Kino and his family surround Jiya as he begins to awaken?
6. How does Jiya's awe of an angry sea foreshadow what the sea is ultimately capable of?
7. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?
8. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.
9. What does Kino's father say about Jiya's crying and what the family will do to let him mourn?
10. How does Kino understand that Jiya's father is even afraid of the sea?
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