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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wrongdoing does Ono confess at the miai?
(a) Refusing to participate in the war effort.
(b) Encouraging the war effort.
(c) Ignoring the war effort.
(d) Trying to stop the war effort.

2. What does Shintaro want to disclaim?
(a) His creation of posters during the China crisis.
(b) His time as Moriyama's student.
(c) His sloppier art work.
(d) His friendship with Ono.

3. How does Ono view Shintaro's childlike attitude about the war?
(a) Ono hopes his friend will return to him.
(b) Ono sees Shintaro as permanently damaged by the war.
(c) Ono sees Shintaro as cleverly pretending to be ignorant.
(d) Ono sees Shintaro as unaccountable for his actions.

4. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?
(a) One side had been rebuilt; the other was destroyed.
(b) The city had to decide whether to rebuild the bridge.
(c) One side was modern; the other old-fashioned.
(d) Conscience-troubled men would decide to go home or out for entertainment.

5. How does Ono convince his wife that an investigation for the sale of the house is not a problem?
(a) The investigation wouldn't take long.
(b) Records of any wrongdoing had been destroyed.
(c) Such investigations would be done for their daughters' marriage negotiations.
(d) The others had worse records than the Onos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ono angry with Shintaro?

2. How does Ono want Noriko to appear during the miai?

3. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?

4. What question does Setsuko's husband, Suichi, persist in asking?

5. How does Setsuko characterize Ichiro?

(see the answer key)

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