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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Keiko encourage Komura to do at the hotel?
(a) Watch the news.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Order some food.
(d) Call his wife.

2. What is the name of Komura's colleague?
(a) Junko.
(b) Keiko.
(c) Sasaki.
(d) Shimao.

3. Who says, "No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself" (11)?
(a) Keiko.
(b) Shimao.
(c) Komura's wife.
(d) Sakiri.

4. Who wrote "To Build a Fire"?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. Who is Shimao?
(a) Sasaki's sister.
(b) Komura's wife.
(c) A hotel worker.
(d) Keiko's friend.

6. According to Yoshiya, who is his father?
(a) Mr. Tabata.
(b) His mother's best friend.
(c) His baseball coach.
(d) His mother's obstetrician.

7. When does Junko ask Miyake to wake her up?
(a) When the fire ends.
(b) When she can live again.
(c) When the alcohol wears off.
(d) When her mother calls.

8. Who "gave himself to the flow of time" (67)?
(a) The obstetrician.
(b) Yoshiya.
(c) Yoshiya's father.
(d) Mr. Tabata.

9. How does Miyake think he is going to die?
(a) He will fall off a cliff.
(b) He will be locked in a refrigerator.
(c) He will die in an earthquake.
(d) He will be stabbed.

10. What is Komura's job?
(a) He installs electronics in people's homes.
(b) He is a salesman at a hi-fi equipment store.
(c) He owns a chauffeur business for travelers.
(d) He is a chef at a high-class restaurant.

11. What was Komura actually thinking about while in bed with Shimao?
(a) His wife.
(b) The earthquake.
(c) The package he delivered.
(d) The hot springs.

12. According to Yoshiya's mother, who saved her?
(a) Yoshiya.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Mr. Tabata.
(d) Her doctor.

13. According to Yoshiya, why can he not get married?
(a) He has to take care of his mother.
(b) He wants to be a spiritual guide.
(c) He is the son of God.
(d) He does not want to have children.

14. What was notable about Yoshiya's mother's doctor?
(a) He was extremely tall.
(b) He had one blue eye and one brown eye.
(c) He was missing an earlobe.
(d) He wore thick glasses.

15. Who was Shimao hiking with in her bear story?
(a) Her ex-boyfriend.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Yoshiya when his mother told him about his father?

2. What is the point of view of "all god's children can dance"?

3. According to Komura, what does driving in the small Subaru feel like?

4. What did Komura read on the airplane?

5. Where does Yoshiya's cab take him?

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