The Inn of Lost Time Test

Explore Japanese folktales & test your reading comprehension!

In the end, who is the farmer’s wife revealed to be? The six-fingered young girl from the inn The old woman from the inn The Princess of the Undersea The young wife Tokubei thought he lost forever. After drinking wine at the inn, where do Tokubei and Zenta later awaken? a fine mattress at the inn on a highway In a different inn in a bamboo garden What detail first helped Zenta figure out the innkeeper’s trick? The old woman’s hands were pretty and straight. The innkeeper avoided looking Zenta in the eye. The bamboo looked almost the same as the night before. The innkeeper blamed the mystery on the ghost. Who is possibly able to undo the work of the evil spirit dwelling in the bamboo? a shrine priestess who may be a fraud Zenta Innkeeper the old hag How many gold pieces does Tokubei believe he must pay to reclaim the years he has lost? 10 20 1 piece per year lost 2 pieces per year lost In the story of Urishimo Taro, how many years have passed while Taro is at the bottom of the sea? 10 50 72 100 What person does Taro bravely save from some boys who are battering it with stones? ronin starfish sea princess turtle Why does Zenta tell the story about the inn? To help the farmer get his sons to go to sleep. To entertain the farmer and his wife To see if the farmer and his wife are leading an honest life To punish the farmer for taking 50 years of his life. Vocabulary: Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks on the lines provided desolate poignant ruefully grueling traumatic 6. That poignant song always makes me cry.7. I was desolate, walking alone in the rain.8. Losing the part in the school play was very traumatic for me.9. Jared ruefully told his mom he was sorry.10. Kayla's grueling summer job required her to work in the heat all day. Sort the story details into the correct box. Outer Frame Story- Farmer's House Zenta and Matsuzo stop at a farmhouse to rest. Matsuzo makes a connection to Zenta's story Farmer tells his 3 sons an old Japanese tale before bed. a farmer, his wife, and their three sons lived here Urashima Taro Fisherman saves a turtle Turtle takes the fisherman to a princess under the sea Taro feels homesick and wants to go back Princess gives him a box, but instructs him not to open it. Everything he once knew is no longer. His son is now old He feels sad and opens the box Becomes an old man who is forgotten about Inn of Lost Time- Zenta's story Zenta ad Tokubei are traveling They become tired and find an inn surrounded by bamboo Eat supper and drink wine that puts them to sleep Woke up in a bamboo grove Find the inn again, but it has aged Are told they have been missing for 50 years A priestess tells them they can get those years back if they pay. Find out that it was all a hoax An inn ran by a ronin (warrior) and a six fingered girl.