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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. Someday, Jiya will accept ____________________ as part of life.
(a) Working.
(b) His family's deaths.
(c) Praying.
(d) Going to school.

2. Who wants to spend the night on the island?
(a) Joji.
(b) Kino.
(c) Hiromi.
(d) Jiya.

3. Where is the location of Kino's home?
(a) In a valley.
(b) Near the ocean.
(c) In the desert.
(d) On the side of a mountain.

4. What does Kino's father think about the calm sea and the shining sun?
(a) It is not right.
(b) It is scary.
(c) It is too soon.
(d) It is wonderful.

5. What will Kino's family do while Jiya returns to life again?
(a) Read stories to him.
(b) Wait.
(c) Leave him alone for awhile.
(d) Urge him to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Setsu's excitement at Jiya's living in their home foreshadows _____________________.

2. What color flag does the Old Gentleman raise as an alert for the villagers?

3. Why do Kino and Jiya cling to Kino's father?

4. What does Jiya tell Kino when he asks about the houses near the sea?

5. Why does a bell toll from the Old Gentleman's castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kino's father say they must wait for Jiya?

3. What does Kino's father say about Jiya's crying and what the family will do to let him mourn?

4. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?

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

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

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

8. What does Kino learn from his best friend, Jiya, about why the houses in the fishing village do not have windows facing the sea?

9. How does Kino understand that Jiya's father is even afraid of the sea?

10. What had Kino's father told him about the necessity for Jiya to eat in order to heal?

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