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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. In mid-August, what is wrong with the friend who Shingo goes to see in the hospital?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Liver cancer.
(c) Prostrate cancer.
(d) Pancreatic cancer.

2. What type of dwarf trees does the tobacconist have?
(a) Camellia.
(b) Maple.
(c) Pine.
(d) Wild plum.

3. What type of flowers now grow in front of the house that had sunflowers last year?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Marguerites.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Dahlias.

4. How many buds did a dwarf tree have that sits in front of the tobacconist's shop before they were pinched off?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 15-20.

5. Shingo's friend that he visited in the hospital dies. How many years earlier had his wife died?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what color flowers grow in front of the house that had sunflowers growing last year?

2. Where does Kikuko agree to meet Shingo when she leaves her family's home?

3. What does Kikuko bring her husband from Tokyo?

4. During rush hour, how often do trains on the Yokosuka Line run?

5. What color flowers does Shingo see one day on a drizzly day in mid-August?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wakes Shingo when he dozes on the train in Chapter 15?

2. What presents does Kikuko bring back from Tokyo?

3. What is Shingo's first dream in Chapter 12, Section 3?

4. How did Kikuko get money for an abortion?

5. How did Teru act last winter when Kikuko saw a snake at the kitchen door?

6. What is being celebrated and how at the beginning of Chapter 9?

7. Why does Shingo take his shoe off his right foot on the train?

8. What did Shuichi do when he learned that Kinu was pregnant?

9. How does Shingo describe a young girl who wants a seat saved on a train?

10. How does Kikuko describe the branches at the base of the cherry tree?

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