1. Shimenawa is rice straw or hemp. It is festooned in some sacred landmark. The short story is entitled that way because ________________________________________________
2. Onigiri may be wrapped with seaweed and could be similar to sandwich by the West. Onigiri is a ________________________________________________
3. The main characters in the story were ________________________________________________
4. "E tadaki mas," my uncle said. Jiro picked up onigiri, a rice ball, with his hands and mashed it into his mouth. The one telling the story was ________________________________________________
5. The setting of the story was in East Asia. Specifically, the setting was in Japan because (prove your answer by extracting the text to justify your
answer) ________________________________________________
6. Asia is known for having a closed family ties. The family tradition being presented in the story was ________________________________________________
7. The story shared a specific culture in the country. The culture shared was ________________________________________________
8. In the story, Jiro was not eating properly, so Kazuya stood up and roughly pulled Jiro. Write what Kazuya did to Jiro. ________________________________________________
9. Kazuya did something hard to Jiro. Write the reason why Kazuya did that
kind of punishment to Jiro. ________________________________________________
10. Years had passed. And Jiro could not recall what happened before. Write
what positive effect the incident has brought to Jiro. ________________________________________________
Answers & Comments
. It is used as tool for punishment
2. A rice ball
3. Kazuya, Jiro
4. Older brother of Jiro
5. The names of the character
6. Eating meal together
7. Use force in disciplining a child
8. Kazuya tied Jiro by thewaist and hang in the oak tree
9. To eat properly, be a man
10.To eat everything on his plate