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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. During which month did the earthquake occur?
(a) February.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) December.

2. According to Komura, what does driving in the small Subaru feel like?
(a) Being imprisoned in a washing machine.
(b) Digging his own grave.
(c) The weight of his unhappiness.
(d) His marriage.

3. Where does Miyake's wife live?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Yamagata.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Kobe.

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

5. Which character claims to feel "completely empty" (42)?
(a) Keisuke.
(b) Miyake.
(c) Kamura.
(d) Junko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yoshiya live with?

2. What item is Miyake afraid of?

3. According to Junko, who does not use their brain for anything?

4. Where did Yoshiya's mother go?

5. Who "gave himself to the flow of time" (67)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sasaki want Komura to go to Hokkaido?

2. What did Yoshiya pray for each night?

3. What does Miyake say when Junko asks her to wake her up?

4. Why does Yoshiya still live with his mother?

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

6. Describe Yoshiya's final moments with Mr. Tabata.

7. Why does Miyake like fire?

8. Why did Junko run away from home?

9. How was Miyake connected to the Kobe earthquake?

10. Describe Yoshiya's predicament when he wakes up at the beginning of the story.

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