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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yuichi know Mikage?
(a) They work together.
(b) He meets her at church.
(c) They go to school together.
(d) He helps carry her grandmother's stuff home.

2. What is the one place Mikage finds peace?
(a) The park.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bookstore.

3. What does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Change of address cards.
(c) Bookshelves.
(d) Short stories.

4. Why does Yuichi get slapped?
(a) For living with Mikage.
(b) For quitting his job.
(c) For insulting Eriko.
(d) For being lazy.

5. Where does Mikage meet up with her ex-boyfriend?
(a) Flower store.
(b) Old apartment.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Coffee shop.

6. Where does Mikage hide to cry?
(a) In a church.
(b) On the bus.
(c) An alley.
(d) In her old apartment.

7. What does Yuichi bring home from work for Mikage to use?
(a) A new blender.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A word processor.
(d) A television.

8. In whose kitchen does Mikage's dream take place?
(a) Chika's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Sotaro's
(d) Eriko's.

9. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?
(a) 10 P.M.
(b) 7 P.M.
(c) 4 P.M.
(d) 7 A.M.

10. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?
(a) Her cousin and her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) She has none.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

11. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?
(a) That Yuichi's girlfriend is angry.
(b) That they make a huge mess.
(c) That they wake up Eriko.
(d) That they wake up her grandmother.

12. What keeps Mikage from thinking of her loneliness at night?
(a) The crunching of the ice maker.
(b) The drip of the leaky faucet.
(c) The hum of the refrigerator.
(d) The breeze from the kitchen window.

13. Who does Mikage visit the day after she receives Eriko's gift?
(a) Grandma's grave.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend.
(c) Yuichi's girlfriend.
(d) The landlord.

14. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?
(a) A word processor.
(b) A juicer.
(c) Books.
(d) A typewriter.

15. How long is Yuichi dating his girlfriend?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Tanabe family bring to Mikage's life?

2. Which of the following is the most major theme in the first chapter?

3. Which relative of Mikage's dies recently?

4. In Mikage's dream, what is Yuichi doing?

5. What is the name of Mikage's ex-boyfriend?

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