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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shintaro paint now that the war is over?
(a) Destroyed buildings.
(b) Anti-war slogans.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Fire engines.

2. What does Ono promise to do to help Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) Visit her new bar when it's built.
(b) Loan her money.
(c) Bring all his friends to her bar.
(d) Paint advertising posters for her new bar.

3. How does Ono feel about the future of Japan?
(a) The best times are behind them.
(b) The destruction will never be forgotten.
(c) Their world is permanently ruined.
(d) There is a chance to make a better go of things.

4. Who does Matsuda claim has been blamed for Japan's downfall?
(a) The voting public.
(b) Military men, politicians, and businessmen.
(c) Artists and musicians.
(d) The emperor and his household.

5. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Sincerity.
(d) Duplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Taro Saito feel about the demonstrations in the streets?

2. How do the new apartment buildings under construction look to Ono?

3. Why does the Tortoise often destroy his own paintings?

4. How long after their initial reconnection had Ono visited his old friend?

5. When Ono and Matsuda examine their lives, what do they see, according to Matsuda?

(see the answer key)

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