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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matsuda say he never married?
(a) He had too many girlfriends.
(b) He was too busy improving the world.
(c) He never found the right woman.
(d) He was too busy traveling the world.

2. What does Ono promise Ichiro as a reward for drawing a picture?
(a) They would go see the monster movie.
(b) He would bring him dessert.
(c) He would buy him art supplies.
(d) He would take him to the zoo.

3. What does Matsuda say the world sees when they look at Ono and Matsuda now that the war is behind them?
(a) Two old men with sticks.
(b) Two failed imperialists.
(c) Two traitors to their country.
(d) Two instigators of a war.

4. What does Ono want to say to Moriyama if they meet again?
(a) Moriyama's assessment of his work had been correct.
(b) Ono was grateful for Moriyama's help.
(c) Ono had not had to illustrate comic books after all.
(d) Moriyama's teaching had helped him immeasureably.

5. What had Ono completed the same week he received the award?
(a) His floating world water colors.
(b) The New Japan campaign.
(c) His paintings of fire engines.
(d) A commissioned portrait.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Noriko's behavior appear during the first part of the miai?

2. Why does Ono introduce Kenji into the conversation in Noriko's kitchen?

3. When Ono and Matsuda examine their lives, what do they see, according to Matsuda?

4. How does Ichiro try to be grown-up when he meets Ono in the park?

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

(see the answer key)

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