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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Yoshiya's friend, what can cure a hangover?
(a) Eating a fried egg with rice.
(b) Watching a morning talk show.
(c) Going for a run.
(d) Spending time with one's father.

2. How old is Miyake?
(a) Late 50s.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Mid-40s.
(d) Mid-30s.

3. Which character's thoughts does the reader have access to in this story?
(a) Shimao.
(b) Kamura's mother-in-law.
(c) Komura.
(d) Kamura's wife.

4. What does Yoshiya not want to mention to Mr. Tabata?
(a) That he was still angry at his mother.
(b) That he also experienced lust.
(c) That he never liked Mr. Tabata.
(d) That he hates his father.

5. What was Junko doing when Miyake called?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading a romance novel.
(c) Writing a story.
(d) Playing guitar.

6. What did Shimao and Komura watch on television?
(a) A show about missing women.
(b) A news special about the earthquake.
(c) A documentary about UFOs.
(d) A movie about a man going through a divorce.

7. What did Yoshiya pray for each night before bed?
(a) To meet his biological mother.
(b) To become a doctor.
(c) To catch fly balls in the outfield.
(d) To find a wife.

8. Where was Miyake from?
(a) Yamagata.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Tokyo.

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

10. Who is Keiko?
(a) A hotel worker.
(b) Sasaki's sister.
(c) Komura's wife.
(d) Komura's mother-in-law.

11. How frequently did Miyake shop?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Six times a week.
(d) Three times a day.

12. What is the point of view of "all god's children can dance"?
(a) Third-person limited.
(b) Third-person omniscient.
(c) First-person.
(d) Second-person.

13. According to Komura's wife, what was living with Komura like?
(a) Living with a child.
(b) Living with an animal.
(c) Living with a salesman.
(d) Living with a chunk of air.

14. What is the name of the portrait Miyake has been working on?
(a) My Wife and Children.
(b) The Kobe Earthquake.
(c) Angry Earth.
(d) Landscape with Flatiron.

15. Why did Yoshiya's mother travel?
(a) She wanted to worship with Mr. Tabata.
(b) She wanted to find Yoshiya's father.
(c) She wanted to protect Tokyo from an earthquake.
(d) She wanted to distribute provisions to earthquake victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted to marry Yoshiya?

2. According to Yoshiya, why can he not get married?

3. Where did the earthquake occur?

4. Which character claims to feel "completely empty" (42)?

5. Who says, "No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself" (11)?

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