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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ichiro actually pretending to be when he imagines himself on horseback?
(a) Roy Rogers.
(b) A samurai warrior.
(c) The Ninja of the wind.
(d) The Lone Ranger.

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

3. Why does Ono quit painting for such a long time?
(a) He felt he was untalented.
(b) He was disillusioned.
(c) He had been forbidden to paint.
(d) He had lost his touch.

4. What does Ono say in Noriko's kitchen that upsets Noriko and Setsuko?
(a) That Ichiro should never drink sake.
(b) That Ichiro should have a taste of sake with dinner.
(c) That Ichiro should wait a few years for sake.
(d) That Ichiro should be taught better manners.

5. Why had Moriyama been happy with his work looking back on it as an old man?
(a) He had devoted his life to nurturing young talent.
(b) He had devoted his life to capturing a unique beauty.
(c) He had devoted his life to repudiating debauchery.
(d) He had devoted his life to changing with modernizing trends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ichiro refuse to help Noriko put away the breakfast things?

2. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do?

3. Why had Matsuda called Ono naive in the old days?

4. What goal had Ono and Matsuda shared in the old days?

5. What kind of customers frequented Migi-Hidari in the old days?

(see the answer key)

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