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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Setsuko make up to Ono for Noriko's excluding him from the outing?
(a) She decides to stay home with him.
(b) She berates her sister for her rudeness.
(c) She insists that he be invited to come along.
(d) She cancels the trip to go to the cinema with him.

2. What does Noriko say her father could not do without her?
(a) Get up for breakfast.
(b) Remember to eat.
(c) Stay awake for dinner.
(d) Go to bed.

3. 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 telling him she's not strong enough to put the table away.
(c) By threatening to send him to his room.
(d) By threatening him with a time out.

4. What is a miai?
(a) A business meeting.
(b) An engagement party.
(c) A wedding reception.
(d) A formal meeting between the families of a prospective bride and groom.

5. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?
(a) Conscience-troubled men would decide to go home or out for entertainment.
(b) The city had to decide whether to rebuild the bridge.
(c) One side was modern; the other old-fashioned.
(d) One side had been rebuilt; the other was destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miyake think about the suicide of his company's president?

2. What does Ono think about the spirit of the old floating world?

3. What part of the house do Ono's daughters enjoy most?

4. Which of the sisters is older?

5. What does the corporation offer Mrs. Kawakami?

(see the answer key)

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