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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: pages 24-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sometimes hard for Kino about where he lives?
(a) The walk up the mountain.
(b) The wind storms.
(c) The lightning strikes.
(d) The monsoon season.

2. When does Jiya not want to be on the island?
(a) When it is getting dark.
(b) When a storm is coming.
(c) When the ocean is angry.
(d) When it is very windy.

3. Jiya seems to be too tired to _______________.
(a) Speak.
(b) Think.
(c) Pray.
(d) Walk.

4. What does Jiya do when the family sits at the table to eat?
(a) Falls asleep while awake.
(b) Pushes his food around his plate.
(c) Breaks out crying.
(d) Falls into his plate of food.

5. Jiya cannot, and should not, forget his _______________.
(a) First love.
(b) Friendship with Kino.
(c) School lesson.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jiya will one day be able to live with the fact of his family members being dead by _______________________.

2. What would Jiya prefer to do after the family eats?

3. What are Kino and his family doing at the beginning of Section 2?

4. Kino's father reminds Kino that the land is also fearsome, recalling the ________________ experienced by the family.

5. What is the theme of THE BIG WAVE?

(see the answer key)

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