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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. When does Jiya not want to be on the island?
2. What do Kino's parents tell Jiya when he awakens?
3. Sometimes Kino and Jiya swim to a small island owned by whom?
4. What does Jiya think when he awakens and sees Kino's family?
5. What do Kino and Jiya search for when they play near the water?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kino's father say about how Jiya will recover one day and how he will carry his deceased family members with him?
2. What is at the base of the mountain and why does Kino's father go there?
3. How does Kino's father divert Kino's thoughts from the destruction of the big wave?
4. What experience does Kino have with diving that lets him know why Jiya feels the way he does about the sea?
5. Why does Kino sometimes wish his father were a fisherman and other days glad that his father is a farmer?
6. Where does Kino live?
7. What does Kino want to do with Jiya after they eat dinner?
8. How does Kino's father respond when Kino thinks it is cruel for the sky and sea to be calm again?
9. What does Kino's father tell him that they will do for Jiya now that his family is gone?
10. What does Kino's father tell him when Kino asks if they must always be afraid of something?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
THE BIG WAVE is a classic story of loss and renewal. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Kino's father, Kino, Jiya and Setsu. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.
Essay Topic 3
Create a brief character study of Jiya. 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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