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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 is Jiya's father's profession?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Retailer.
(d) Fisherman.
2. What food is Jiya able to eat?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pork.
(c) Persimmons.
(d) Soup.
3. How does Setsu feel about Jiya living with her family?
(a) Appalled.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Excited.
(d) Irritated.
4. What is sometimes hard for Kino about where he lives?
(a) The walk up the mountain.
(b) The monsoon season.
(c) The lightning strikes.
(d) The wind storms.
5. What encircles the fields on the mountain?
(a) Chain fences.
(b) Arbors.
(c) Brick walls.
(d) Stone walls.
Short Answer Questions
1. Kino's father tells Kino that Jiya is not yet ready to _______________.
2. What color flag does the Old Gentleman raise as an alert for the villagers?
3. Who is the most excited that Jiya will be joining the family?
4. In what country does THE BIG WAVE take place?
5. Someday, Jiya will accept ____________________ as part of life.
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. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?
3. Who is the Old Gentleman and where does he live?
4. What is at the base of the mountain and why does Kino's father go there?
5. Why do Kino and his family surround Jiya as he begins to awaken?
6. What does Kino's father tell him about what the gods do to test men?
7. What does Setsu's excitement about Jiya's becoming a part of their family foreshadow?
8. What does Kino's father tell him that they will do for Jiya now that his family is gone?
9. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?
10. What does Kino's father say about Jiya's crying and what the family will do to let him mourn?
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