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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Yoshiya when he acknowledges that he no longer cares who his father is?
(a) The baseball field.
(b) The site of the earthquake.
(c) The taxi.
(d) His office.

2. What item is Miyake afraid of?
(a) Microwave.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) Oven.
(d) Washing machine.

3. How long after the earthquake did Komura's wife disappear?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Six days.

4. According to Komura's wife, what was living with Komura like?
(a) Living with a child.
(b) Living with an animal.
(c) Living with a chunk of air.
(d) Living with a salesman.

5. What is the truck that passes by Yoshiya's home selling?
(a) Clothes-drying poles.
(b) Trinkets for tourists.
(c) Fresh fish.
(d) Bottled water.

6. Why did Yoshiya's mother travel?
(a) She wanted to find Yoshiya's father.
(b) She wanted to protect Tokyo from an earthquake.
(c) She wanted to distribute provisions to earthquake victims.
(d) She wanted to worship with Mr. Tabata.

7. What is the perspective of this short story?
(a) First-person.
(b) Third-person subjective.
(c) Second-person.
(d) Third-person omniscient.

8. What did Komura read on the airplane?
(a) Political news.
(b) Dry business books.
(c) Earthquake reports.
(d) Novels about bears.

9. Who is Keiko?
(a) Sasaki's sister.
(b) Komura's mother-in-law.
(c) Komura's wife.
(d) A hotel worker.

10. During which month did the earthquake occur?
(a) May.
(b) December.
(c) July.
(d) February.

11. Who wrote "To Build a Fire"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Jane Austen.

12. Who was Shimao hiking with in her bear story?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) A stranger.

13. What does Yoshiya do on the pitcher's mound?
(a) He says a long prayer.
(b) He calls his father.
(c) He forgives his mother.
(d) He dances.

14. How old is Miyake?
(a) Mid-30s.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Late 50s.
(d) Mid-40s.

15. According to Yoshiya's mother, who saved her?
(a) Her doctor.
(b) Yoshiya.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Mr. Tabata.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yoshiya live with?

2. What did Yoshiya pray for each night before bed?

3. According to Komura, what does driving in the small Subaru feel like?

4. According to Mr. Tabata, what did Yoshiya have to do to have his father revealed to him?

5. Where does Miyake's wife live?

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