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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. How many days after the funeral is Mikage still trying to come to terms with what happens?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

3. What is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?
(a) Kitchens.
(b) Grandmothers.
(c) Boys.
(d) Ingredients.

4. What does Mikage see that makes her cry?
(a) Her ex-boyfriend and another girl.
(b) A child with their grandmother.
(c) Eriko walking alone.
(d) Yuichi and his girlfriend.

5. Which of the following is the most major theme in the first chapter?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Spite.
(c) Death.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?

2. In whose kitchen does Mikage's dream take place?

3. What does Mikage make for the Tanabe family?

4. What motif does the glass have that Eriko gives to Mikage?

5. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Mikage want to sleep the first day that she spends at Yuichi's home?

2. Describe Mikage's last encounter with Eriko before her death.

3. Which characters in Part Two are running from the past? How?

4. How is Satsuki coping with Hitoshi's death?

5. What lifts Mikage's spirit when she is crying? Why?

6. What tone does the author use in Part Three of the book? How does the tone used in Part Three compare to the tones in the previous parts?

7. How is sexual ambiguity explored in the first chapter?

8. Describe Mikage's encounter with Chika.

9. How does Urara obtain Satsuki's phone number?

10. Why is the crying scene so pivotal in the book?

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