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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snake's Egg and Fish in Autumn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain does Shingo see as the train passes Ofuna?
(a) Mount Rishiri.
(b) Mount Hotaka.
(c) Mount Fuji.
(d) Mount Tokachi.

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

3. How many thirteen-year-old girls had legal abortions?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. How many pieces of tin blew into Shingo's roof and garden?
(a) 7-8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3-4.

5. How did Viscount Takagi die?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Knife wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Shingo in his first dream in Chapter 12, Section 3?

2. How old was a woman who disappeared with her husband?

3. What color sweater does Kikuki wear when she and Shingo go to find Shuichi in Chapter 15?

4. Where do Shingo and Kikuko talk about Shuichi and Kikuko having their own home?

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

(see the answer key)

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