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

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

3. Where did the earthquake occur?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Akihabara.
(c) Yamagata.
(d) Kobe.

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

5. At the end of the story, where does Junko fall asleep?
(a) On Miyake's couch.
(b) In Keisuke's bed.
(c) Next to the fire.
(d) With her feet in the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Shimao?

3. According to Miyake, who is the idiot king?

4. Who wanted to marry Yoshiya?

5. Who does Yoshiya live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Miyake and Junko decide to do after the fire dies down?

2. What did Mr. Tabata tell Yoshiya about his father?

3. Why were Komura's friends puzzled by his marriage?

4. Describe Keisuke.

5. What did Yoshiya pray for each night?

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

7. What is one of the realizations Yoshiya has on the pitcher's mound?

8. How did Komura's wife feel about Tokyo?

9. How is Miyake able to paint?

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

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