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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kawakami call the pleasure district since the war?
(a) A boomtown.
(b) A graveyard.
(c) A desert.
(d) A ghetto.

2. Why does Shintaro not join Ono's other pupils at their reserved table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) He was too poor.
(b) They were jealous of his friendship with Ono.
(c) There were too many of them.
(d) He was not regarded as first rank.

3. Why isn't Ono able to understand Ichiro's imaginary talk?
(a) Ichiro was speaking English.
(b) Ichiro was speaking German.
(c) Ichiro mumbled.
(d) Ichiro invented his own language.

4. What does Ono promise the youngest Sugimura sister?
(a) That he would repair the war damage at the first opportunity.
(b) That he would build a room for her.
(c) That she could live with their family.
(d) That she could return to the house whenever she wanted.

5. Which room does Ono say is the most important room in the house?
(a) The reception room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The veranda.
(d) The long corridor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shintaro paint now that the war is over?

2. Why does Ono's wife press him to find a better house?

3. Who does Ichiro's father, Suichi, think makes good role models for Ichiro?

4. What does Kuroda explain to Ono while they sit around the table in Migi-Hidari?

5. Who does Ono think Ichiro is pretending to be when the boy imagines himself on horseback?

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