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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isobe wonder about as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?
(a) If there is truth in reincarnation.
(b) If he loved his wife.
(c) If he has a soul.
(d) If he wants to return home.

2. What does Kiguchi ask the tour guide about?
(a) About the proper way to address a widow in Nepal.
(b) About funerals for veterans.
(c) About a holy man who is almost 300 years old.
(d) About souls in a holding area in the Himalayas.

3. What happens to young children who die in the town where the tourists are in Chapter 7?
(a) They are buried in caskets under the Ganges.
(b) They are set afloat in reed boats on the river.
(c) They are buried under a huge baobab tree.
(d) They are cremated.

4. What does Tsu write in his letters to Mitsuko that she reads when awakened in the middle of the night?
(a) His belief in God.
(b) His loss of faith.
(c) His hope that he will someday know who he is.
(d) His desire for her to come to him.

5. What does Tsu say when Mitsuko questions him about his religious beliefs?
(a) He does not know what he believes.
(b) He is an atheist.
(c) He leans towards Hindu.
(d) He thinks Islam has many good idea.

6. What group of people does Gaston tell Tsukada about after Tsukada make a confession to Gaston?
(a) The Donner party.
(b) The first group to conquer Everest.
(c) A group of climbers in the Andes.
(d) A group stuck in Siberia with no shelter.

7. Who is Moïra?
(a) A literary character.
(b) Tsu's favorite teacher.
(c) Tsu's sister.
(d) Mitsuko's best friend.

8. How many affairs did Isobe have during his marriage?
(a) Two or three.
(b) Four or five.
(c) One.
(d) Numerous.

9. What does Ch'mund' do despite being sick and emaciated?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Give away charms.
(d) Give her milk to children.

10. What does Tsukada confess to Kiguchi about the meat Tsukada brought him?
(a) He has nothing of import to confess to Tsukada about the meat.
(b) It was human flesh.
(c) Tsukada killed someone to get the meat.
(d) It was stolen from a family with many children.

11. What surrounds the Vishvan'tha temple?
(a) Small shops.
(b) A high hedge.
(c) A wrought-iron fence.
(d) A canal.

12. What does the puppy do that Numada brings home as a boy?
(a) Pees on all the rugs.
(b) Chews up the family's stash of money.
(c) Whines at night.
(d) Avoids Numada's father.

13. What ailment does Isobe's wife have?
(a) Bad arthritis.
(b) Bad heart.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Broken pelvis.

14. What is Enami's role in the group?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Driver.
(c) Guide.
(d) Tourist.

15. Who is Ch'mund'?
(a) A fakir.
(b) An old beggar woman in the temple.
(c) A Hindu goddess.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Numada ask about the existence of in the area where they are?

2. What is Kiguchi and Tsukada's physical condition in the flashback as they are walking?

3. Where did Numada grow up as a child?

4. What is Mitsuko determined to make Tsu do in their school days?

5. What does Mrs. Sanja think of the bus that is transporting the tourists?

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