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

2. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?
(a) Conscience-troubled men would decide to go home or out for entertainment.
(b) The city had to decide whether to rebuild the bridge.
(c) One side was modern; the other old-fashioned.
(d) One side had been rebuilt; the other was destroyed.

3. How does Noriko say Ono used to treat them?
(a) He spoiled them.
(b) He doted on them.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He was a tyrant.

4. What is a miai?
(a) A wedding reception.
(b) An engagement party.
(c) A business meeting.
(d) A formal meeting between the families of a prospective bride and groom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kuroda explain to Ono while they sit around the table in Migi-Hidari?

2. How does Ichiro respond to Setsuko's requests for him to settle down?

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

4. What does Ono think about the spirit of the old floating world?

5. Why does Shintaro not join Ono's other pupils at their reserved table in Migi-Hidari?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ono lose respect for Shintaro?

3. What does Shintaro ask Ono to do for him?

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

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

6. What is Mrs. Kawakami hesitating to decide?

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

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

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

10. What tragic event happens to the mentally challenged Hirayama?

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