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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 181 - 240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eiju tell Kunihiko he has to pay for after Kunihiko breaks them?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Plates.
(c) Doors.
(d) Glasses.

2. What does Mike tell Ben one day during one of their worst fights, right before he leaves for Osaka?
(a) Ben is very selfish.
(b) The world does not owe Ben anything.
(c) Ben needs to get a better job.
(d) No one will ever love Ben.

3. In Chapter 20, what does Ben find Mitsuko doing?
(a) Standing in silence with his neighbor.
(b) Eating a cake by herself.
(c) Talking on the phone to Mike.
(d) Crying.

4. What conversation does Mike have with Eiju just once?
(a) A conversation about alcoholism.
(b) A conversation about hospice.
(c) A conversation about cooking.
(d) A conversation about college.

5. Who asks Mike to cook rice and pork for him?
(a) Morimoto.
(b) Hiro.
(c) Masitmi.
(d) Fabiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eiju say when Mike asks him how he met his mother?

2. How did Mike's mother find out Eiju went back to Japan?

3. What is similar about how Mike's and Ben's parents both got married?

4. What kind of mat does Kunihiko sleep on in Eiju's apartment?

5. What major struggle does Ben's father deal with?

(see the answer key)

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