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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. According to rumor, how did Sugimura assemble his garden?
(a) He grew his plants from seeds.
(b) He grew his plants from sprouts.
(c) He sent for plants from abroad.
(d) He bought plants fully grown from others' gardens.

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

3. What always makes Mrs. Kawakami smile?
(a) Seeing her old friend Shintaro.
(b) Seeing her old friend Ono.
(c) Watching customers come in.
(d) Remembering what a splendid district it had once been.

4. How does Noriko say Ono has behaved since his retirement?
(a) He wanders.
(b) He mopes.
(c) He is sociable.
(d) He tyrannizes her.

5. What does Ono's father do with his paintings?
(a) He burned them.
(b) He took them to an appraiser.
(c) He sold them.
(d) He took them to a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ono decide to watch Metsuo during the miai?

2. What does Shintaro paint now that the war is over?

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

4. How does Ono perceive Shintaro's nature now that his old friend no longer comes to Mrs. Kawakami's?

5. How does Ono help Shintaro's younger brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Ono decide to watch Mitsuo during the miai?

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

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

8. Why does Ono conceal his efforts on her behalf from Noriko during the weeks leading up to the miai?

9. Why is Ono worried about Kuroda's attitude now?

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

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