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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miyake think about the suicide of his company's president?
(a) It brought shame to his employees.
(b) It was an embarrassment to the company.
(c) It was a noble gesture that freed his employees from shame.
(d) It was a tragic waste.

2. What always makes Mrs. Kawakami smile?
(a) Watching customers come in.
(b) Seeing her old friend Ono.
(c) Seeing her old friend Shintaro.
(d) Remembering what a splendid district it had once been.

3. What does Mrs. Kawakami call the pleasure district since the war?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A desert.
(c) A ghetto.
(d) A boomtown.

4. What is going in on both sides of Mrs. Kawakami's establishment?
(a) More modern bars.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Office buildings.

5. How does Ono perceive Shintaro's nature now that his old friend no longer comes to Mrs. Kawakami's?
(a) Ono sees Shintaro as innocent.
(b) Ono sees Shintaro as a victim of other's deceits.
(c) Ono sees Shintaro as cunning and underhanded.
(d) Ono sees Shintaro as foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono promise the youngest Sugimura sister?

2. What does Noriko say her father could not do without her?

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

4. What does Ono say about the movie that insults Ichiro?

5. What kind of customers frequented Migi-Hidari in the old days?

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