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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono promise to do to help Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) Bring all his friends to her bar.
(b) Loan her money.
(c) Visit her new bar when it's built.
(d) Paint advertising posters for her new bar.

2. What is the mood of Moriyama's paintings?
(a) Melancholy and nocturnal.
(b) Black and depressed.
(c) Bright and sunny.
(d) Cheerful and multicolored.

3. What does Ono think about the spirit of the old floating world?
(a) Perhaps it was the best we will ever know.
(b) Perhaps it was not always for the best.
(c) Perhaps it will be reborn at some point.
(d) Perhaps it will never be recreated.

4. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Setsuko?
(a) She is studying art.
(b) She is expecting a second child.
(c) She is attending cooking school.
(d) She and her husband are on vacation.

5. How does the atmosphere of the miai change after Ono's confession?
(a) It is boring, so everyone leaves early.
(b) It is awkward, no longer relaxed.
(c) It is relaxed, no longer awkward.
(d) It is an embarrassing disaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to rumor, how did Sugimura assemble his garden?

2. How does Sugimura plan to leave his mark on the city forever?

3. What does Ono want to say to Moriyama if they meet again?

4. Why does Ono believe the Miyakes withdrew their offer of marriage?

5. What does Matsuda say the world sees when they look at Ono and Matsuda now that the war is behind them?

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