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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 30-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will many villagers stay at home during the emergency?
(a) To stay with the children.
(b) To protect their boats.
(c) To report on the storm.
(d) To protect their homes.

2. What does Kino urge Jiya to do?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Eat.

3. Which of the following does Kino NOT discover about the sea and why Jiya is afraid of it?
(a) It is very still.
(b) It stings his skin.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is dark.

4. What food does Kino's mother prepare for him because he is cold?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Soup.
(c) Rice.
(d) Tea.

5. What does Kino think when he sees the beauty of the Old Gentleman's castle and gardens?
(a) Jiya will want to stay with the Old Gentleman.
(b) Kino wonders if the Old Gentleman would let him live there.
(c) His father should come see the garden.
(d) His mother would appreciate the beautiful interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kino's father say about Jiya?

2. Kino's father says that ______________ makes a man weak.

3. The person who owns the island lives in a ___________________ on the mountainside.

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

5. In what country does THE BIG WAVE take place?

(see the answer key)

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