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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Noriko persuade Ichiro to help her clear away the breakfast things?
(a) By telling him she will give him a treat.
(b) By threatening him with a time out.
(c) By threatening to send him to his room.
(d) By telling him she's not strong enough to put the table away.

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

3. According to Suichi, Ichiro's father, why does Ono quit painting?
(a) Because he lost interest in art.
(b) Because he has lost his skill.
(c) Because Japan lost the war.
(d) Because he is too old.

4. 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.

5. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do?
(a) Hold out for a higher offer.
(b) Refuse to sell her place.
(c) Stand and fight for her place.
(d) Accept the builders' offer to buy her place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matsuda say about his own present-day perspective on life during his last conversation with Ono?

2. What is the last year covered in this story?

3. What implication does Setsuko make in Noriko's kitchen that offends Ono?

4. How have the students behaved watching Moriyama paint?

5. Why does Matsuda envy Ono?

(see the answer key)

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