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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) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. Where is Mikage when she starts crying?
(a) At the park.
(b) At the coffee shop.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In a taxi.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuichi want when he wakes up after Mikage has her dream?

2. How does Mikage tell that her ex-boyfriend no longer loves her?

3. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?

4. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?

5. Why does Yuichi get slapped?

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 encounter with Chika.

3. How is the Tanabe family good for Mikage?

4. What is it that makes Mikage jealous?

5. What role does the kitchen play in Mikage's life before she moves in with the Tanabe family?

6. Why does Mikage agree to move in with the Tanabe family?

7. Why does Okuno visit Mikage?

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

9. How does Part Three have a dream-like quality?

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

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