GOING TO JAPAN- Q1

1. How did the author feel when she arrived in

Japan?

• A. comfortable

• B. unprepared

• C. excited

• D. lonely

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2.In Japanese body language, to cross your arms

while listening means that you

• A. are bored with the conversation

• B. dislike the people in the group

• C. want the speaker to move back

• D. do not understand the language

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3.What did Kingsolver see when she reached Japan?

• A. women with bare legs

• B. golden pagodas

• C. rules for politeness

• D. readable street signs

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4.Kingsolver uses humor to remind you of her

flaws by

• A. exaggerating the wisdom of the Japanese people

• B. describing a friend’s reaction to her mistakes

• C. listing the flaws as part of a childhood word game

• C. listing the flaws as part of a childhood word game

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5.Kingsolver translates the words of one

Japanese apology as “If you please, my

transgression is so inexcusable that I wish I

were dead” to show that

• A. apologizing in a foreign language can be risky

• B. every Japanese apology must include humbleness

• C. an exaggerated apology can lighten a situation

• D. the Japanese take the act of apologizing seriously

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6.Which sentence best summarizes what the

author learned about forgiveness?

• A. People rarely appreciate forgiveness

• B. Forgiveness is a satisfying emotion.

• C. Japanese people enjoy forgiving

• D. Forgiveness shows weakness.

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7.How was the author's reaction to Ground Zero in Hiroshima?

• A startled

• B forgiving

• C spellbound

• D speechless

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8.She merely stared dismayed by the foreign Menace...this is an example of....

• A Word play

• B.Verbal Irony

• C.Hyperbole

• D.Situational Irony

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9.The U.S. dropped the first Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on

• A.16th August 1945

• B.8th August 1945

• C.6th August 1956

• D.6th August 1945

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10.Why did the author go to Japan?

• A to visit her aunt

• B to research a story about the memorial at Hiroshima and visit friends

• C to research a story about the memorial at Hiroshima

• D To find out the difference between culture

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