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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 Mitsuko's reply to being asked about her religion?
(a) That she has no religion.
(b) That she is Buddhist.
(c) That she is Christian.
(d) That she is Shinto.

2. What is wrong with the man Mitsuko accidentally steps on in Chapter 8?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is faint from hunger.
(d) He is legless.

3. What is going on while the Japanese wait for their bus in Chapter 13?
(a) More riots.
(b) Nothing more than usual.
(c) An election.
(d) Indira Gandhi's funeral.

4. What does narration say in Chapter 11 could hardly be called a room?
(a) The area Tsu occupies to sleep.
(b) The place where the dead poor are laid to prepare them.
(c) The dining room at Tsu's cheap hostel.
(d) The shack by the river where Tsu prays.

5. How does Mr. Sanja plan to make a name for himself?
(a) By photographing Gandhi's memorial sevice.
(b) By photographing forbidden rituals.
(c) By recording the thoughts and photos of some of the well-known Indian politicians.
(d) By photographing the Sikhs who are being hung for conspiracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tsu feel about the quote he reads in Chapter 11?

2. Who is drawn into a conversation with an American woman in Chapter 12?

3. Where are the Japanese and American tourist when they are in a conversation?

4. What do the Catholic priests tell Tsu about believing in the quote from Chapter 11?

5. What does Tsu find when he leaves the building and goes into the streets in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do the Hindus and Tsu rise in the morning?

2. How does Sanja think he will make a name for himself as a photographer?

3. What does Tsu tell Mitsuko as to why he dresses as he does?

4. What does Tsu feel he is doing when he carries an old, dying woman to the river?

5. What does Mitsuko hear Kiguchi say in his feverish sleep?

6. Of what is Tsu capable only in his dreams?

7. What does Kiguchi say to Mitsuko on the bus about Americans and Japanese?

8. Why is wrong with Kiguchi in Chapter 8, and how is Mitsuko involved?

9. Of what are the tourists concerned after the assassination in Chapter 9?

10. Why does Isobe travel out to a village near the city?

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