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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to rumor, how did Sugimura assemble his garden?
(a) He grew his plants from seeds.
(b) He sent for plants from abroad.
(c) He bought plants fully grown from others' gardens.
(d) He grew his plants from sprouts.

2. How does Noriko's behavior appear during the first part of the miai?
(a) Noisy and disrespectful.
(b) Lively and intelligent.
(c) Quiet and shy.
(d) Boastful and rude.

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

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

5. Why does Ono's wife press him to find a better house?
(a) To improve his daughters' marriage prospects.
(b) To impress his son's high school friends.
(c) To improve her social standing.
(d) To shorten the walk to town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of customers frequented Migi-Hidari in the old days?

2. What does Shintaro want Ono to do for him?

3. How does Mrs. Kawakami's bar seem to Ono while the construction is under way?

4. Why had Moriyama been happy with his work looking back on it as an old man?

5. Why does Ono decide NOT to tell Noriko that he had contacted old acquaintances to try to ensure that her marriage negotiations went well?

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