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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color ribbon does Eiko wear in her hair in Section 3 of Chapter 3?
2. What is the name of a maid Shingo attempts to remember?
3. What does Kikuko prepare to give Shuichi for his hangover in Chapter 8?
4. What does Shuichi hand Kikuko when he comes home at the beginning of Chapter 3?
5. How old was the girl who had an abortion in Shingo's dream?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mrs. Ikeda think would help get Shuichi to leave his mistress?
2. How did Mizuta die?
3. Describe the photograph of Toriyama that was at his funeral.
4. How did Toriyama's wife torture him when she was going through the change of life?
5. What story did a geisha tell Shingo in Chapter 1?
6. What does Shingo struggle to remember at the beginning of Chapter 1?
7. Why would it be difficult for Fusako and Aihara to flee if the typhoon should get really bad?
8. Why does Shingo try to get Kikuko to lie down in Section 2 of Chapter 7?
9. Why was Kitamoto put in a mental hospital?
10. Describe the circumstances of Kikuko's birth.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, occasionally the back-story behind events that are occurring in the story are revealed. Discuss the back-story and how the author accomplishes revealing the back-story.
Essay Topic 2
Shingo begins to think about some of the things he hasn't done in his life. Discuss the three great sights of Japan and how Shingo feels about missing these sights.
Essay Topic 3
Shingo's friend sells him some No masks. Discuss No masks and what they mean to Shingo, Yasuko, and Kikuko.
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