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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Kino and Jiya search for when they play near the water?
2. How does Setsu feel about Jiya living with her family?
3. With what task does Jiya sometimes help his father?
4. Who is the first to speak to Jiya when he awakens?
5. What will become of the orphaned Jiya after the big wave?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Kino live?
2. Why do Kino and his family surround Jiya as he begins to awaken?
3. What does Kino's father say about how Jiya will recover one day and how he will carry his deceased family members with him?
4. How does Kino understand that Jiya's father is even afraid of the sea?
5. Why does Kino's father say they must wait for Jiya?
6. Summarize the story in The Big Wave.
7. What does Kino's father remind him about that shows that the land, as well as the sea, is also fearsome?
8. Why does Kino's father tell Kino that it is good for Jiya to get more sleep?
9. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?
10. What is Kino's father's response when Kino says he doesn't think that Jiya can ever be happy again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Buck uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony.
Essay Topic 2
Pearl Buck is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 3
Create a brief character study of the Old Gentleman. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?
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