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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 did Komura read on the airplane?
(a) Dry business books.
(b) Novels about bears.
(c) Earthquake reports.
(d) Political news.

2. Who tells Komura the package contained something that was inside him?
(a) Komura's wife.
(b) Sasaki.
(c) Keiko.
(d) Shimao.

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

4. How many children does Miyake have?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

5. What is the perspective of this short story?
(a) Second-person.
(b) Third-person subjective.
(c) First-person.
(d) Third-person omniscient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tabata beg Yoshiya for forgiveness?

2. What band was Keisuke listening to?

3. What item is Miyake afraid of?

4. Who reassures Komura that somebody will love him?

5. Where did Junko work after she ran away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Miyake connected to the Kobe earthquake?

2. What is the story about the UFO that the women tell Komura?

3. How does Shimao reassure Komura?

4. Why did Yoshiya not believe he was the child of God?

5. Describe Komura.

6. How is Miyake able to paint?

7. Why does Yoshiya still live with his mother?

8. What happens to Yoshiya at the end of the story?

9. What does Mr. Tabata say about Yoshiya's mother's pregnancy?

10. What does the note Komura's wife left behind say?

(see the answer keys)

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