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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 does Jiya think when he awakens and sees Kino's family?
(a) He must have had a sleepover with Kino.
(b) He doesn't know why he is with them.
(c) He thinks Kino's mother is beautiful.
(d) He doesn't recognize them.

2. What are Kino and his family doing at the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Flying kites.
(b) Waiting for Jiya to wake.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Harvesting rice.

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

4. Who is the most excited that Jiya will be joining the family?
(a) Kino's father.
(b) Setsu.
(c) Kino.
(d) Jiya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kino's father prepared to do for Jiya?

2. Jiya says that only the __________________ live on the island.

3. Why does Kino worry about Jiya?

4. Which of the following is NOT something that Jiya will experience in his healing process?

5. According to Kino's father, who makes the evil storms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Kino and his family surround Jiya as he begins to awaken?

2. Why does Kino find it difficult to think of the sea as an enemy?

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

4. What does Kino's father say about every day that comes after the storm?

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

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

7. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.

8. What does Setsu's excitement about Jiya's becoming a part of their family foreshadow?

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

10. What does Kino's father tell him about what the gods do to test men?

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