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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 is going in on both sides of Mrs. Kawakami's establishment?
(a) More modern bars.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Office buildings.

2. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do?
(a) Accept the builders' offer to buy her place.
(b) Refuse to sell her place.
(c) Hold out for a higher offer.
(d) Stand and fight for her place.

3. What does Ono like about the garden?
(a) It seems natural, not artificially designed.
(b) It is an elaborate labyrinth.
(c) It reflects many cultures.
(d) It is skillfully designed.

4. Why isn't Ono able to understand Ichiro's imaginary talk?
(a) Ichiro mumbled.
(b) Ichiro invented his own language.
(c) Ichiro was speaking English.
(d) Ichiro was speaking German.

5. How did Noriko upset Setsuko when they were children?
(a) By beating her at games.
(b) By calling her a boy.
(c) By calling her ugly.
(d) By making fun of her awkwardness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono promise to do to help Mrs. Kawakami?

2. What does Noriko say her father could not do without her?

3. Where has Ichiro heard English spoken?

4. What does Ono's father do with his paintings?

5. What does Shintaro want to disclaim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ono's father burn his paintings?

2. What does Ono conceal from Noriko in the weeks leading up to her miai?

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

6. Suichi says that American heroes are better role models for his son that Japanese heroes. Why would that be?

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

8. Why does Ono say he would never forgive himself if he became like his father?

9. How does Mr. Yamagata thank Ono for his support of the Migi-Hidari?

10. How does the Migi-Hidari show its loyalty to the emperor?

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