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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is situated at the top of the mountain?

2. Kino's family will allow Jiya to be _________________.

3. What is notable about the houses nearest the sea in the fishing village?

4. Kino's father sells rice and __________________ at the fishing village.

5. Kino's father insists that his family allows Jiya to recover ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kino want to do with Jiya after they eat dinner?

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

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

4. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.

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

6. Why does Kino's father tell Kino that it is good for Jiya to get more sleep?

7. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?

8. What does Jiya do when he sees the devastation of the big wave?

9. Where does Kino live?

10. How does Kino understand that Jiya's father is even afraid of the sea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Jiya. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Kino. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of the Old Gentleman. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

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