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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mike realize that Eiju shows to Kunihiko in how Eiju treats Kunihiko?
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Endearment.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sorrow.

2. What does Mike notice Eiju does less of as he gets sicker?
(a) Cry.
(b) Pay for things.
(c) Get angry.
(d) Drink.

3. Who is the man who Eiju gets his liquor from?
(a) Hikachi.
(b) Hikaru.
(c) Morimoto.
(d) Morami.

4. What does Eiju do in Osaka?
(a) Runs a law firm.
(b) Runs a bar.
(c) Runs a laundromat.
(d) Runs a detective agency.

5. What does Ben tell Mike in one of their early texts?
(a) Ben's father died when he was young.
(b) Ben does not drink often.
(c) Ben goes to church often.
(d) Ben's mother died when he was young.

6. Who comes to have dinner regularly at Eiju's as Eiju enters the later stages of his illness?
(a) Tan.
(b) Ben.
(c) Takeshi.
(d) Kunihiko.

7. What does Eiju say to Mike when he asks if anyone else knows Eiju is dying?
(a) Eiju tells Mike to leave.
(b) Eiju tells Mike to call Kunihiko.
(c) Eiju tells Mike to call Mitsuko.
(d) Eiju tells Mike he can stay as long as he wants.

8. What helps Mitsuko get her first job in America in Part III?
(a) The fact that she can cook.
(b) The fact that she speaks Japanese.
(c) The fact that she has a legal background.
(d) The fact that she has a green thumb.

9. Who does Tan live with?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His best friend.

10. What does Mike start sending Ben after he has been in Osaka a while?
(a) Letters.
(b) Songs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pictures of his surroundings.

11. Who is the first person Mike tells outright that Eiju is dying while he is in Japan?
(a) Hana.
(b) Sana.
(c) Tan.
(d) Natsue.

12. Which couple are regulars at Eiju's bar?
(a) Hayato and Natsue.
(b) Hayato and Kunihiko.
(c) Tan and Natsue.
(d) Natsue and Hana.

13. What does Ben tell Mike that all the men he has slept with have in common?
(a) They are all short.
(b) They are all hilarious.
(c) They are all well-educated.
(d) They are all young.

14. Which of Eiju's patrons tells Mike she is happy he is there for Eiju?
(a) Hana.
(b) Kunihiko.
(c) Sana.
(d) Natsue.

15. What do Tan and Mike do after leaving the diner the first time they eat together?
(a) Go to the airport.
(b) Go for a coffee.
(c) Walk around in loops.
(d) Go back to Eiju's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike say to Ben during a bad fight that he instantly regrets?

2. What does Eiju do one night at the bar that makes Mike incredulous and angry?

3. What does Mike decide to stuff into his duffel to take home from Eiju's apartment?

4. Who does Eiju say he will leave the bar to if Mike does not want it?

5. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?

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