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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Scar, In the Rain, and The Cluster of Mosquitoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shuichi hand Kikuko when he comes home at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Socks.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fish.
(d) Book.

2. What type of flowers does Kikuko notice blooming since the typhoon damaged the sunflowers?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Amaranth.
(d) Feverfew.

3. How many fifteen-year-old girls had legal abortions?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. How old is the geisha who sits on Shingo's lap when he sees several geisha home?
(a) 31.
(b) 25.
(c) Kikuko's age.
(d) 4-5 years younger than Kikuko.

5. Why did Kikuko buy fabric for Fusako?
(a) For a skirt for Fusako.
(b) So she could make dresses.
(c) For curtains for Fusako's bedroom.
(d) For dolls for her daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kikuko bring her husband from Tokyo?

2. Where did the president of a boat and yacht company go with his wife before they disappeared?

3. How late is the shop open where Eiko works?

4. How old was Tanizaki when the man she loved died in the war?

5. What color roses does Eiko bring when she comes to talk to Shingo in Chapter 11?

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