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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. Where does Kino live?

2. Why does Kino's father instruct Kino to get his mother and sister?

3. The way of the good Japanese is to enjoy life and ________________________.

4. Jiya cannot, and should not, forget his _______________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Kino live?

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

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

4. How does Kino's father respond when Kino thinks it is cruel for the sky and sea to be calm again?

5. What is Kino's father's response when Kino says he doesn't think that Jiya can ever be happy again?

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

7. What does Kino's father remind him about that shows that the land, as well as the sea, is also fearsome?

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

9. What experience does Kino have with diving that lets him know why Jiya feels the way he does about the sea?

10. What is Kino's experience when the volcano starts to become active?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of the family in the story What does it mean for some of the characters? How does the family evolve in its support of each other? What constitutes a family? Does Jiya make the right family choice for himself? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in the story. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

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