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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. Who seems most distraught about the death?
(a) Yuichi.
(b) Mikage.
(c) Eriko.
(d) Satsuki.

2. How many days after the funeral is Mikage still trying to come to terms with what happens?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

3. What beverage is Mikage drinking in her dream?
(a) Warm milk.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

4. Which relative of Mikage's dies recently?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?

2. What does Mikage see that makes her cry?

3. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?

4. Who does Mikage visit the day after she receives Eriko's gift?

5. Where is Mikage when she starts crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Satsuki coping with Hitoshi's death?

2. Why does Eriko want Mikage to live with her and Yuichi?

3. What events in Satsuki's life foreshadow Hitoshi's death?

4. What is it that makes Mikage jealous?

5. What causes Mikage to cry on the bus?

6. What does Satsuki hope to see on the bridge during the special event?

7. What does Hiiragi do that embarrasses Satsuki when they meet for the first time in the story?

8. At what point is Mikage at peace for the first time since her grandmother's death? Why?

9. Why does Yuichi drink so much at his dinner with Mikage?

10. Describe the relationship that Hitoshi and Satsuki shared before Hitoshi's death?

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