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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to rumor, how did Sugimura assemble his garden?
(a) He grew his plants from sprouts.
(b) He bought plants fully grown from others' gardens.
(c) He grew his plants from seeds.
(d) He sent for plants from abroad.

2. How does Noriko say Ono used to treat them?
(a) He doted on them.
(b) He was a tyrant.
(c) He spoiled them.
(d) He ignored them.

3. How does Noriko say Ono has behaved since his retirement?
(a) He is sociable.
(b) He wanders.
(c) He mopes.
(d) He tyrannizes her.

4. What does Mrs. Kawakami call the pleasure district since the war?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A ghetto.
(c) A boomtown.
(d) A desert.

5. Why does Ichiro refuse to help Noriko put away the breakfast things?
(a) He wants to stay with his mother.
(b) He says it's women's work.
(c) He wants to stay with his grandfather.
(d) He's playing a game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ono think Ichiro is pretending to be when the boy imagines himself on horseback?

2. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?

3. According to Suichi, Ichiro's father, why does Ono quit painting?

4. What does Ono's father do with his paintings?

5. What kind of customers frequented Migi-Hidari in the old days?

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