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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?
(a) That they wake up her grandmother.
(b) That they make a huge mess.
(c) That they wake up Eriko.
(d) That Yuichi's girlfriend is angry.

2. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?
(a) 7 A.M.
(b) 10 P.M.
(c) 4 P.M.
(d) 7 P.M.

3. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?
(a) Whether or not to order take-out.
(b) Whether she goes to school or not.
(c) Whether or not to remodel.
(d) Whether or not to get plastic surgery again.

4. Why does Mikage believe that she is able to understand Yuichi?
(a) She does not need him.
(b) She does not love him.
(c) They both lose family.
(d) She is related to him.

5. Where does Eriko work?
(a) The library.
(b) A flower store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A club.

6. What emotion do Yuichi and Mikage share in the first chapter?
(a) Inattentive.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Exurbence.
(d) Despair.

7. Where are Mikage's parents?
(a) In America.
(b) Dead.
(c) In a nursing home.
(d) On vacation.

8. What does Mikage's dream foreshadow?
(a) An upcoming change.
(b) That Mikage and Yuichi are meant to be together.
(c) More loss for both Yuichi and Mikage.
(d) Time spent apart for Yuichi and Mikage.

9. What does Yuichi want when he wakes up after Mikage has her dream?
(a) Water.
(b) Ramen.
(c) Cucumber salad.
(d) Tea.

10. What does Mikage fall in love with at the Tanabe apartment?
(a) The view.
(b) Yuichi.
(c) Their kitchen.
(d) The typewriter.

11. How does Mikage tell that her ex-boyfriend no longer loves her?
(a) His body language.
(b) The look in his eyes.
(c) The tone he uses.
(d) The words he uses.

12. Where does Yuichi work part-time?
(a) Shoe store.
(b) Book shop.
(c) Flower shop.
(d) Inn.

13. What is it that lifts Mikage's spirits when she cries?
(a) The sound of a kitchen.
(b) Eriko's gift.
(c) Seeing Sotaro walk by happily.
(d) Yuichi joking.

14. In whose kitchen does Mikage's dream take place?
(a) Chika's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Eriko's.
(d) Sotaro's

15. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?
(a) Her aunt and uncle.
(b) Her sister.
(c) She has none.
(d) Her cousin and her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the most major theme in the first chapter?

2. How does Yuichi know Mikage?

3. How many days after the funeral is Mikage still trying to come to terms with what happens?

4. Where is Mikage when she starts crying?

5. What does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?

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