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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono mean when he talks of the art students "slanging" one another?
(a) They wrote slurs about one another.
(b) They wrote unpleasant critiques of one another's work.
(c) They destroyed each other's paintings.
(d) They shouted good-humored insults across the yard.

2. What traits does Ono observe that Ichiro has inherited from his mother?
(a) Courtesies.
(b) Mannerisms and little facial habits.
(c) Ways of speaking.
(d) His height and facial features.

3. What kind of mistakes does Ono believe are not shameful?
(a) Those made in ignorance.
(b) Those made in good faith.
(c) Those made against one's will.
(d) Those made in youth.

4. Why does Ono decide to watch Metsuo during the miai?
(a) He wonders if Metsuo would make a good son-in-law.
(b) He thinks Metsuo does not hide his feelings.
(c) Ono is worried that Metsuo was in love with Noriko.
(d) Metsuo is unusually handsome.

5. Why does Shintaro not join Ono's other pupils at their reserved table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) There were too many of them.
(b) They were jealous of his friendship with Ono.
(c) He was too poor.
(d) He was not regarded as first rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ichiro's father, Suichi, think makes good role models for Ichiro?

2. What does Ono like best about the house?

3. Why is Setsuko uncomfortable with Noriko's talk about Ono?

4. How does Ono feel about the demonstrations in the streets?

5. What is going in on both sides of Mrs. Kawakami's establishment?

(see the answer key)

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