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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ono help Shintaro's younger brother?
(a) He loaned him money.
(b) He hired him as an apprentice.
(c) He wrote a letter of recommendation.
(d) He found him a wife.

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

3. Why does Ono's wife press him to find a better house?
(a) To improve his daughters' marriage prospects.
(b) To impress his son's high school friends.
(c) To improve her social standing.
(d) To shorten the walk to town.

4. How does Setsuko characterize Ichiro?
(a) He's messy.
(b) He's precocious.
(c) He's headstrong.
(d) He's unusually intelligent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the sisters is older?

2. What question does Setsuko's husband, Suichi, persist in asking?

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

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

5. How does Setsuko make up to Ono for Noriko's excluding him from the outing?

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