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

2. Who is Ichiro actually pretending to be when he imagines himself on horseback?
(a) The Ninja of the wind.
(b) Roy Rogers.
(c) The Lone Ranger.
(d) A samurai warrior.

3. What does Miyake think about the suicide of his company's president?
(a) It was a tragic waste.
(b) It brought shame to his employees.
(c) It was an embarrassment to the company.
(d) It was a noble gesture that freed his employees from shame.

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

5. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?
(a) Both girls are headstrong and stubborn.
(b) Noriko is shy and retiring; Setsuko is headstrong.
(c) Both girls are shy and retiring.
(d) Noriko is headstrong; Setsuko is shy and retiring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono promise the youngest Sugimura sister?

2. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?

3. What position is Shintaro applying for?

4. What is a miai?

5. How does Mrs. Kawakami's bar seem to Ono while the construction is under way?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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