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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Noriko say that Ono is making progress?
(a) He's learning to speak English.
(b) He's learning to cook.
(c) He's modernized his painting style.
(d) He's improved the house alone.

2. What question does Setsuko's husband, Suichi, persist in asking?
(a) Why does Setsuko visit her family so often?
(b) Why did Noriko's marriage negotiations fail?
(c) Why hasn't the house been repaired?
(d) Why is Ichiro so ill-mannered?

3. What does Ono promise the youngest Sugimura sister?
(a) That he would repair the war damage at the first opportunity.
(b) That she could live with their family.
(c) That he would build a room for her.
(d) That she could return to the house whenever she wanted.

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

5. What does Kuroda explain to Ono while they sit around the table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) That Ono was unaware of his own great reputation.
(b) That Ono did not appreciate his students' progress.
(c) That Ono was not keeping up with changing times.
(d) That Ono was not the painter he used to be.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why isn't Ono able to understand Ichiro's imaginary talk?

4. What does Mrs. Kawakami call the pleasure district since the war?

5. How does Ono help Shintaro's younger brother?

(see the answer key)

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