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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ono react when he learns that Mitsuo attends school where Kuroda teaches?
(a) He says that Kuroda would not have a high opinion of him.
(b) He denies ever knowing Kuroda.
(c) He praises Kuroda's work.
(d) He assures them that Kuroda would speak well of him.

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

3. How does Ono help Shintaro's younger brother?
(a) He found him a wife.
(b) He wrote a letter of recommendation.
(c) He loaned him money.
(d) He hired him as an apprentice.

4. What does Shintaro want Ono to do for him?
(a) Recommend his artwork.
(b) Claim that Ono had painted the posters.
(c) Verify that Shintaro had done the posters against his will.
(d) Verify that Shintaro had created the posters.

5. How does Setsuko characterize Ichiro?
(a) He's unusually intelligent.
(b) He's headstrong.
(c) He's precocious.
(d) He's messy.

6. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do with the profit from selling her bar?
(a) Relax and put her feet up.
(b) Start a smaller place in the suburbs.
(c) Retire to the seaside.
(d) Build a fine new place.

7. What does Ono say about the movie that insults Ichiro?
(a) He should obey his mother.
(b) He is not strong enough to lift the table.
(c) The movie might be too scary for young children.
(d) He should stay home with the women.

8. What does the corporation offer Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) To go into partnership with her.
(b) To buy her out for a generous sum.
(c) To fund an expansion into the adjoining buildings.
(d) To fund remodeling of her business.

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

10. What kind of mistakes does Ono believe are not shameful?
(a) Those made against one's will.
(b) Those made in good faith.
(c) Those made in ignorance.
(d) Those made in youth.

11. Why was Shintaro not initially called up for military service?
(a) He had a bad leg.
(b) He was his family's only support.
(c) His service as an artist was more important.
(d) He was mentally defective.

12. Who does Ono think Ichiro is pretending to be when the boy imagines himself on horseback?
(a) Gene Autry.
(b) Lord Yoshitsune.
(c) The Lone Ranger.
(d) Roy Rogers.

13. How does Ichiro respond to Setsuko's requests for him to settle down?
(a) He ignores her.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He laughs at her.
(d) He obeys her.

14. How does Ono want Noriko to appear during the miai?
(a) Lively and intelligent.
(b) Dignified and silent.
(c) Shy and innocent.
(d) Quiet and respectful.

15. Why does Ono decide NOT to tell Noriko that he had contacted old acquaintances to try to ensure that her marriage negotiations went well?
(a) Noriko might become overconfident.
(b) Noriko would be angry if he interfered.
(c) He doesn't want to make Noriko even more nervous.
(d) The outcome had been unsatisfactory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Kawakami want Ono's advice about the corporation's offer?

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

3. How many regular customers does Mrs. Kawakami have now that the war is over?

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

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

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