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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ichiro's favorite food now that he is eight-years-old?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Shrimp with rice.

2. How does Moriyama respond to his students' comments about his painting?
(a) He explained his intentions.
(b) He expanded their points of view.
(c) He corrected their errors.
(d) He listened, but did not respond.

3. What wrongdoing does Ono confess at the miai?
(a) Refusing to participate in the war effort.
(b) Ignoring the war effort.
(c) Encouraging the war effort.
(d) Trying to stop the war effort.

4. What does Ono think about the return of the old floating world?
(a) Ono will pray for its return.
(b) It would be better if it returned.
(c) It may yet return.
(d) It is just as well that it will not return.

5. Why does the songwriter Naguchi commit suicide?
(a) No one had appreciated his music.
(b) His songs had been used to promote war.
(c) His songs had been misunderstood.
(d) He had a terminal illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ichiro respond to Setsuko's requests for him to settle down?

2. Who does Ono think Ichiro is pretending to be when the boy imagines himself on horseback?

3. How does the atmosphere of the miai change after Ono's confession?

4. What does Ono hope his own students will do?

5. Why does Ichiro say spinach is his favorite food?

(see the answer key)

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