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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is Shintaro applying for?
(a) High school teacher.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Comic book illustrator.
(d) Graphic artist.

2. How many regular customers does Mrs. Kawakami have now that the war is over?
(a) Ono and Shintaro are the only ones.
(b) Ono and his old group of students are the only ones.
(c) The construction workers are the only ones.
(d) Ono is the only one.

3. How does Ono react when he learns that Mitsuo attends school where Kuroda teaches?
(a) He assures them that Kuroda would speak well of him.
(b) He says that Kuroda would not have a high opinion of him.
(c) He praises Kuroda's work.
(d) He denies ever knowing Kuroda.

4. Why does Ono's wife object to being investigated to get the house?
(a) She thought her secret would be discovered.
(b) She thought it would interfere with her daughters' marriage chances.
(c) She thought it would cost them money.
(d) She thought the sellers had no right to check on them.

5. How long did Shintaro serve in the military?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ono evaluate Naguchi's suicide?

2. How does Ono view Shintaro's childlike attitude about the war?

3. How does Noriko's behavior change during the miai?

4. What is Ichiro's favorite food now that he is eight-years-old?

5. What remains of Sugimura's planned Kawabe Park?

(see the answer key)

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