View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the neighbor boy do when Matsuda speaks to him?
(a) He comes into the yard.
(b) He chats with Matsuda.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He comes into the house.

2. What famous Japanese artist does Moriyama emulate?
(a) Kirukama.
(b) Narita.
(c) Fujiyama.
(d) Utamaro.

3. What is found where Mrs. Kawakami's and the Migi-Hidari once stood?
(a) A bank and a theater.
(b) A restaurant and an office building.
(c) A theater and a restaurant.
(d) An office building and a parking lot.

4. When Ono and Matsuda examine their lives, what do they see, according to Matsuda?
(a) They were flawless.
(b) They were flawed.
(c) They were fascinating.
(d) They were valiant.

5. How do the art students treat Sasaki when he changes his style?
(a) They gave him a goodbye party and sent him away.
(b) They burned his work in the courtyard.
(c) They criticized him in public.
(d) They hid his paintings and refused to speak to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows European influences on Moriyama?

2. Why is Ono surprised at Setsuko's view of Noriko's marriage negotiation?

3. Why doesn't Miss Suzuki want Matsuda to feed his fish?

4. What does Noriko like about her apartment?

5. When does Ono feel the sense of triumph he had hoped for?

Short Essay Questions

1. The reader learns some news about Noriko at the same time Matsuda does. What is the news?

2. What does Matsuda say the smell of burning most likely means now that the war is long over?

3. After re-establishing contact with Matsuda during Noriko's marriage negotiations, what contact have Ono and Matsuda had before Matsuda dies?

4. What does Ono say the New Japan proved about him and about Matsuda?

5. What European influences distinguished Moriyama's work from Utamaro's?

6. What stylistic devices does Moriyama copy from the classic artist, Utamaro?

7. What effect did Moriyama try to create in his paintings?

8. Why does Ono admire Sugimura's work on Kawabe Park, even though Sugimura failed to accomplish his goals?

9. Why does the smell of burning still make Ono uneasy while he is relaxing in Matsuda's garden?

10. Why is Ono irritated at Setsuko's insistence that Saito never heard of Ono until the miai?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 689 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample