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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. What does Eiju ask Mike to do when they visit the shrine together?
(a) Paint a picture.
(b) Carry him up the stairs.
(c) Sing.
(d) Ring the bell for him.

2. Who does Mike talk to when he helps his father with the liquor order?
(a) Bennie.
(b) Masatomi.
(c) Sora.
(d) Micha.

3. Who reminds Mike to take care of himself as well as his father?
(a) Sana.
(b) Natsue.
(c) Takeshi.
(d) Hana.

4. What had Mike decided to do just before he got the call from Mistsuko about Eiju's illness?
(a) Start his own restaurant.
(b) Move out of his own apartment with Ben.
(c) Go back to college.
(d) Break up with Ben.

5. Which of the following is one of Eiju's favorite sounds?
(a) A vodka bottle opening.
(b) Flower petals falling.
(c) Bruce Sprintsteen.
(d) Crickets in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which customers of Eiju's are coworkers at an advertising agency?

2. What does Mike learn after he returns from being with Tan overnight?

3. What does Eiju say to Mike when he asks if anyone else knows Eiju is dying?

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

5. What does Mike routinely do with the older Black couple next door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mike become somewhat romantically involved with in Osaka and how does this happen?

2. Why is Ryutaro so loyal to Eiju?

3. What is very upsetting to Mike about how his father Eiju abandoned him and Mitsuko?

4. What does Eiju tell Mike about the bar that surprises Mike?

5. What does Mike come to think of Eiju's regular patrons?

6. Why does Mike begin helping Eiju run the bar?

7. What do Sora an Mike talk about when Mike helps his father get the bar's liquor order?

8. What does Eiju say when Mike tells him he is gay in Part III?

9. What does Kunihiko start doing as Eiju gets sicker?

10. What is unique about Mike's neighborhood in Texas?

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