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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?
(a) Both girls are shy and retiring.
(b) Noriko is shy and retiring; Setsuko is headstrong.
(c) Noriko is headstrong; Setsuko is shy and retiring.
(d) Both girls are headstrong and stubborn.

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

3. How does Mrs. Saito feel about the demonstrations in the streets?
(a) It is a great pity that people are being injured.
(b) They've gone too far.
(c) The Japanese are children learning democracy.
(d) They're an important expression of freedom of speech.

4. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Sincerity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ono perceive Shintaro's nature now that his old friend no longer comes to Mrs. Kawakami's?

2. How does Ono view Shintaro's childlike attitude about the war?

3. What is going in on both sides of Mrs. Kawakami's establishment?

4. How does Noriko persuade Ichiro to help her clear away the breakfast things?

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

(see the answer key)

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