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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 Ono believe is more shameful than one's past mistakes?
(a) Being unable or unwilling to acknowledge them.
(b) Encouraging others to commit the same mistakes.
(c) Continuing to make the same mistakes.
(d) Failing to learn from them.

2. Why does Shintaro not join Ono's other pupils at their reserved table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) There were too many of them.
(b) He was too poor.
(c) They were jealous of his friendship with Ono.
(d) He was not regarded as first rank.

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

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

5. What does Kuroda explain to Ono while they sit around the table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) That Ono was not keeping up with changing times.
(b) That Ono was unaware of his own great reputation.
(c) That Ono did not appreciate his students' progress.
(d) That Ono was not the painter he used to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between Noriko's behavior at her first miai and her behavior at this one?

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

3. What kind of mistakes does Ono believe are not shameful?

4. What has changed in the city between 1948 and 1949?

5. Who is Ichiro actually pretending to be when he imagines himself on horseback?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the difference in Noriko's behavior between her first and second miai?

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

5. What does Noriko accuse Ono of when he is working in the garden?

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

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

8. Why does Ono feel compelled to confess his activities during the war during the miai?

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

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

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