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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remains of Sugimura's planned Kawabe Park?
(a) Only the museum.
(b) Only the kabuki theater.
(c) Only the grass where the museums and theaters would have stood.
(d) Only the concert hall.

2. What does Ono say in Noriko's kitchen that upsets Noriko and Setsuko?
(a) That Ichiro should have a taste of sake with dinner.
(b) That Ichiro should be taught better manners.
(c) That Ichiro should never drink sake.
(d) That Ichiro should wait a few years for sake.

3. What is the last year covered in this story?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1952.

4. How was Moriyama supporting himself after his painting was devalued and his school closed?
(a) Painting magazine illustrations.
(b) Painting advertisements.
(c) Painting patriotic posters.
(d) Painting houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matsuda say the smell of burning means now that the war is over?

2. Why does the smell of burning make Ono uneasy?

3. What traits does Ono observe that Ichiro has inherited from his mother?

4. What does the visiting Gisaburo say about nights in the floating world?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ono explain Naguchi's suicide to Ichiro?

2. What has changed since 1948 in regards to Ono's painting?

3. The reader learns some news about Noriko at the same time Matsuda does. What is the news?

4. How does Ono answer Ichiro's question about why men drink sake?

5. Why does Matsuda say he never married?

6. Years ago, Matsuda had accused Ono of having a narrow artist's perspective. What does Ono say about his perspective now that he is retired?

7. What happened to Moriyama's best student, Sasaki?

8. How has Ichiro changed in the year since Ono last saw him?

9. What do we learn about Setsuko from Ono's conversation with Matsuda?

10. After re-establishing contact with Matsuda during Noriko's marriage negotiations, what contact have Ono and Matsuda had before Matsuda dies?

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