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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono say during lunch that frightens Ichiro?
(a) That he disapproves of Naguchi's solution.
(b) That he is like Naguchi.
(c) That he had the same problems Naguchi had.
(d) That he is not like Naguchi.

2. Why does the Tortoise often destroy his own paintings?
(a) Because he could never satisfy his own plan.
(b) Because Sasaki, the leading pupil, called them "disloyal".
(c) Because Moriyama did not like them.
(d) Because Ono did not like them.

3. What does Ono mean when he talks of the art students "slanging" one another?
(a) They wrote slurs about one another.
(b) They wrote unpleasant critiques of one another's work.
(c) They destroyed each other's paintings.
(d) They shouted good-humored insults across the yard.

4. What does Ono want to say to Moriyama if they meet again?
(a) Ono had not had to illustrate comic books after all.
(b) Moriyama's assessment of his work had been correct.
(c) Moriyama's teaching had helped him immeasureably.
(d) Ono was grateful for Moriyama's help.

5. Why does the songwriter Naguchi commit suicide?
(a) His songs had been used to promote war.
(b) He had a terminal illness.
(c) His songs had been misunderstood.
(d) No one had appreciated his music.

6. What is the common subject of Moriyama's paintings?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The sea.

7. How often does Ono visit Matsuda after re-establishing contact with him?
(a) Every day.
(b) Just once.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a month.

8. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Setsuko?
(a) She and her husband are on vacation.
(b) She is studying art.
(c) She is attending cooking school.
(d) She is expecting a second child.

9. What does Matsuda say the world sees when they look at Ono and Matsuda now that the war is behind them?
(a) Two instigators of a war.
(b) Two failed imperialists.
(c) Two traitors to their country.
(d) Two old men with sticks.

10. What brought about the chances in Moriyama's standing?
(a) He had returned to traditional Japanese art.
(b) His European style was seen as unpatriotic.
(c) He had changed his European style.
(d) His European style was increasingly admired.

11. What is always somewhere in a Moriyama painting?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A teapot.
(c) A lotus.
(d) A lantern.

12. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Noriko?
(a) She's getting a divorce.
(b) The marriage was annulled.
(c) The marriage has been unhappy.
(d) She's expecting a child.

13. What causes Ono's great sense of triumph?
(a) The belief that he had accomplished something of real value.
(b) The belief that he had outlasted his enemies.
(c) The belief that his work was much admired.
(d) The belief that Moriyama would be proud of him.

14. What does Ono say in Noriko's kitchen that upsets Noriko and Setsuko?
(a) That Ichiro should be taught better manners.
(b) That Ichiro should wait a few years for sake.
(c) That Ichiro should never drink sake.
(d) That Ichiro should have a taste of sake with dinner.

15. When does Ono feel the sense of triumph he had hoped for?
(a) When his family gave him a surprise party.
(b) Sitting on a hill all alone, eating oranges.
(c) Confronting Moriyama at his villa.
(d) Receiving the praise of his students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matsuda say about his own present-day perspective on life during his last conversation with Ono?

2. How was Moriyama supporting himself after his painting was devalued and his school closed?

3. How does Ichiro try to be grown-up when he meets Ono in the park?

4. How does Matsuda describe the contribution he and Ono made?

5. What had Ono completed the same week he received the award?

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