Multiple Choice Exercise

created with JBC


1	Who is Takako supposed to meet at the airport?
		Christine
		Uncle Jim
		her parents
		no one

2	Why was Takako going to Canada?
		To visit Christine.
		To see Uncle Jim.
		She had won a trip to the Rocky Mountains.
		She had a scholarship to go to a school in Canada.

3	How long had Takako and Christine been writing to each other?
		Two years.
		They don't know each other.
		Three years.
		One year.

4	Takako's friends had warned her about "jet-lag", which is...
		lagging behind jets.
		being very tired from long airplane flights.
		being very obedient and nervous.
		having a lagging jet.

5	Takako knew what Christine looked like because...
		they had swapped photos in their mail.
		the two girls were penpals.
		they had talked on the phone last week.
		she had seen a photo of her.

6	Jim approached Takako because...
		he wanted to give her a ride to her hotel.
		she was gazing over the crowd looking for him.
		he knew who she was by a photo.
		she was in need of a ride.

7	Why do you think Takako has a violin with her?
		She is going to give it to Christine as a present.
		She is on a music scholarship.
		She picked it up at the duty-free shop in Tokyo.
		Her parents gave it to her as a gift.

8	The weather in Vancouver at Takako's arrival was...
		warm with a light rain falling.
		thundering and stormy.
		warm and dry.
		breezy and humid.

9	Jim hesitates when he gives Takako his name because he...
		has a cold.
		forgot it for a moment.
		was nervous.
		he was making it up.

10	Takako knew that Jim was driving south because...
		he told her to sit back and relax.
		Jim showed her a map of the area.
		she knew the area and saw the green sign.
		Christine lived near the border of the U.S. and Canada.