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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Kawakami want Ono's advice about the corporation's offer?
(a) Ono could support the endeavor.
(b) Ono is her only friend.
(c) Ono is shrewd about business matters.
(d) Ono is her last dependable customer.

2. Why does Ono come to admire Moriyama's treatment of his students?
(a) Ono believes it is foolish to waste time discussing each comment.
(b) Ono believes students' comments are mere flattery.
(c) Ono believes it is important for students to develop their own thinking.
(d) Ono believes students often know more than their teachers.

3. What does Ono promise to do to help Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) Paint advertising posters for her new bar.
(b) Loan her money.
(c) Bring all his friends to her bar.
(d) Visit her new bar when it's built.

4. What does Shintaro paint now that the war is over?
(a) Fire engines.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Destroyed buildings.
(d) Anti-war slogans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono promise Ichiro as a reward for drawing a picture?

2. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?

3. How does Noriko's behavior appear during the first part of the miai?

4. How does the atmosphere of the miai change after Ono's confession?

5. How does Kuroda's student, Enchi, change his attitude during Ono's visit?

(see the answer key)

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