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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Setsuko think Saito felt about Ono?
(a) Setsuko thinks Saito disapproved of Ono.
(b) Setsuko thinks Saito was rude to Ono.
(c) Setsuko thinks Saito was an admirer of Ono's work.
(d) Setsuko thinks Saito had no idea who Ono was until the marriage negotiations.

2. Why doesn't Ono share his feelings about the old pleasure district with Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) Ono knows she doesn't wish for the old days.
(b) It would be tactless because the old days are dear to her.
(c) Ono knows she's too old to rebuild.
(d) Ono knows she is relieved to be through with the old days.

3. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do with the profit from selling her bar?
(a) Start a smaller place in the suburbs.
(b) Retire to the seaside.
(c) Build a fine new place.
(d) Relax and put her feet up.

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

5. How does Kuroda's student, Enchi, change his attitude during Ono's visit?
(a) First he is welcoming, then openly hostile.
(b) First he is hostile, then openly welcoming.
(c) First he is hostile, then he becomes openly aggressive.
(d) First he is welcoming, then embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?

2. How have the students behaved watching Moriyama paint?

3. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?

4. How does Ono perceive Shintaro's nature now that his old friend no longer comes to Mrs. Kawakami's?

5. What does Ono say in Noriko's kitchen that upsets Noriko and Setsuko?

(see the answer key)

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