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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the house do Ono's daughters enjoy most?
(a) The well-lighted kitchen.
(b) The long garden corridor.
(c) The reception room.
(d) The veranda.

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

3. How does Kuroda's student, Enchi, change his attitude during Ono's visit?
(a) First he is hostile, then he becomes openly aggressive.
(b) First he is welcoming, then embarrassed.
(c) First he is welcoming, then openly hostile.
(d) First he is hostile, then openly welcoming.

4. What does Mrs. Kawakami call the pleasure district since the war?
(a) A desert.
(b) A ghetto.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A boomtown.

5. What does Ono think about the spirit of the old floating world?
(a) Perhaps it will never be recreated.
(b) Perhaps it was the best we will ever know.
(c) Perhaps it will be reborn at some point.
(d) Perhaps it was not always for the best.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shintaro want Ono to do for him?

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

3. Why does Noriko say that Ono is making progress?

4. What does Shintaro not confide to Ono?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ono acquire his house for less than half its value?

2. After the surrender, one of the Sugimura sisters visits the house, obviously more concerned about the building than its inhabitants. Why doesn't Ono feel angry toward her?

3. Why is it unlikely that the Miyakes withdrew from marriage negotiations because they felt inferior?

4. What prediction does Setsuko's mother make about her that is now proving accurate?

5. Why does Enchi ask Ono to leave when he learns who he really is?

6. Why does Enchi treat Ono in such a friendly way when he arrives to visit Kuroda?

7. How does Ono persuade the authorities that the Migi-Hidari should be built in the pleasure district?

8. What is the likely reason for Miyake's sudden withdrawal from the marriage negotiations?

9. What is surprising about Noriko's comments to Setsuko about Ono?

10. What is Mrs. Kawakami hesitating to decide?

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