WorksheetsThe Emissary -- did you read it?
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 3mins
Why does Marika refuse Yoshiro's offer to walk out with her when she leaves the house for the institution?
because Yoshire is clingy and always tries to limit her independence
because she cannot bear the pain of goodbyes
because she does not think Mumei can make the walk to the end of the road
because she thinks she might cry in front of her great-grandson
What does Yoshiro bury in Thingamabob Cemetary and why?
Mumei's wheelchair because Mumei no longer has trouble walking.
His first historical novel "Ken-to-shi, Emissary to China," because of all its references to foreign countries.
His letters from Amana because he cannot read them anyway
Mumei's thermometer because Dr. Satori tells him the child is no longer sic,.
Why does the ability to understand even a little English act as evidence of old age?
Because studying English is something few people care about anymore
Because the older generation was much more reliant on English to communicate in the past
Because the people of the new generation are too simple-minded to even attempt learning English
Because studying English is now prohibited and young people do not even know simple words in the language
What does Yonatani realize is the only thing he can teach his students?
How the government has made many negative changes to their culture and climate
How to cultivate language
What the world looked like before Japan was isolated
How to become a suitable emissary candidate
What does the international pirate gang do with the thousands of dead penguins?
They turn their meat into crackers
They poison the meat and sell it in Okinawa
They dump their bodies back into the ocean
They turn their meat into jerky
