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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last year covered in this story?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1949.

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

3. What does Ono say during lunch that frightens Ichiro?
(a) That he disapproves of Naguchi's solution.
(b) That he had the same problems Naguchi had.
(c) That he is not like Naguchi.
(d) That he is like Naguchi.

4. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Setsuko?
(a) She and her husband are on vacation.
(b) She is studying art.
(c) She is attending cooking school.
(d) She is expecting a second child.

5. Which of the sisters is older?
(a) They are twins.
(b) Noriko.
(c) Setsuko.
(d) We are not told.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ono feel was missing the night he won the award?

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

3. How long before learning of his death had Ono visited his old friend?

4. Why does Ono introduce Kenji into the conversation in Noriko's kitchen?

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

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