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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which relative of Mikage's dies recently?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister.

2. Which scene is the most pivotal in the first chapter?
(a) Mikage riding on the bus.
(b) Mikage arriving at the Tanabe home.
(c) Eriko's transformation.
(d) Yuichi getting slapped.

3. What does Mikage fall in love with at the Tanabe apartment?
(a) The view.
(b) The typewriter.
(c) Their kitchen.
(d) Yuichi.

4. What does the Tanabe family bring to Mikage's life?
(a) Fulfillment.
(b) Eccentricity.
(c) Despair.
(d) Normalcy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?

2. What keeps Mikage from thinking of her loneliness at night?

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

4. What do Yuichi and Mikage share at the end of Chapter One?

5. Why does Mikage believe that she is able to understand Yuichi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eriko's funeral.

2. Describe the daydream that Mikage has after her dinner with Yuichi.

3. Why does Yuichi drink so much at his dinner with Mikage?

4. What role do the seasons play in Part Two?

5. How does Mikage know Yuichi before they become housemates?

6. Based on Mikage visiting Yuichi at the inn, what predictions can the reader make for their relationship?

7. At what point is Mikage at peace for the first time since her grandmother's death? Why?

8. What is it that Satsuki must not do on the bridge during the event? Why?

9. Describe Mikage's dream.

10. Does Sotaro still have feelings for Mikage? Why or why not? Does Mikage still have feelings for Sotaro?

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