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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono like best about the house?
(a) It is visually exciting.
(b) It is prestigious.
(c) It suffered no damage during the war.
(d) It is conducive to relaxation and calm.

2. What does Ono promise Ichiro as a reward for drawing a picture?
(a) He would take him to the zoo.
(b) They would go see the monster movie.
(c) He would bring him dessert.
(d) He would buy him art supplies.

3. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?
(a) Art is useless in the world.
(b) Their poverty makes artists weak-willed and depraved.
(c) Their wealth makes artists disrespectful of others.
(d) Artists are dishonest.

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

5. Why did Ono as a young boy dread his father's business meetings?
(a) He couldn't understand what his father said.
(b) He was being punished.
(c) He hated his father.
(d) The incense in the room made it hard to breathe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Noriko upset Setsuko when they were children?

3. What does Ono believe would make Shintaro happier?

4. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?

5. What does Shintaro want to disclaim?

(see the answer key)

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