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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 does Noriko say her father could not do without her?
(a) Get up for breakfast.
(b) Remember to eat.
(c) Stay awake for dinner.
(d) Go to bed.

2. Why doesn't Ono share his feelings about the old pleasure district with Mrs. Kawakami?
(a) Ono knows she's too old to rebuild.
(b) It would be tactless because the old days are dear to her.
(c) Ono knows she is relieved to be through with the old days.
(d) Ono knows she doesn't wish for the old days.

3. Why does Noriko say that Ono is making progress?
(a) He's improved the house alone.
(b) He's modernized his painting style.
(c) He's learning to speak English.
(d) He's learning to cook.

4. What wrongdoing does Ono confess at the miai?
(a) Ignoring the war effort.
(b) Encouraging the war effort.
(c) Refusing to participate in the war effort.
(d) Trying to stop the war effort.

5. 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) He doesn't want to make Noriko even more nervous.
(b) Noriko might become overconfident.
(c) Noriko would be angry if he interfered.
(d) The outcome had been unsatisfactory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Setsuko's husband, Suichi, persist in asking?

2. What does Ono believe is more shameful than one's past mistakes?

3. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?

4. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ono lose respect for Shintaro?

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

4. What does Ono see as the result of his confession during the miai?

5. What is Mrs. Kawakami hesitating to decide?

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

7. Why does Suichi become angry at Kenji's funeral ceremony?

8. Why didn't Ono object to Noriko's marriage into a family that was below their station?

9. 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?

10. How does Saito regard the demonstrations in the streets?

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