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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 the neighbor boy do when Matsuda speaks to him?
(a) He chats with Matsuda.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He comes into the yard.
(d) He comes into the house.

2. What does Ono hope his own students will do?
(a) Forget Ono's part in the war.
(b) Forget they ever knew Ono.
(c) Remain grateful to Ono for what they learned.
(d) Conceal their relationship to Ono.

3. When Ono and Matsuda examine their lives, what do they see, according to Matsuda?
(a) They were valiant.
(b) They were flawed.
(c) They were flawless.
(d) They were fascinating.

4. Why doesn't Ono go to Moriyama's villa?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) The train was leaving.
(c) The villa was closed.
(d) It seemed pointless.

5. What news does Ono give Matsuda about himself?
(a) He has taken up horticulture.
(b) He has started painting again.
(c) He is considering marriage again.
(d) He has stopped painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goal had Ono and Matsuda shared in the old days?

2. What does Matsuda say the smell of burning means now that the war is over?

3. What does Matsuda say the world sees when they look at Ono and Matsuda now that the war is behind them?

4. What does Ono tell Ichiro about why men drink sake?

5. What is found where Mrs. Kawakami's and the Migi-Hidari once stood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ono admire Sugimura's work on Kawabe Park, even though Sugimura failed to accomplish his goals?

2. The reader learns some news about Noriko at the same time Matsuda does. What is the news?

3. Why does Ono approve of his teacher's distancing himself from his students' discussions?

4. What stylistic devices does Moriyama copy from the classic artist, Utamaro?

5. What does Matsuda say the smell of burning most likely means now that the war is long over?

6. Years ago, Matsuda had accused Ono of having a narrow artist's perspective. What does Ono say about his perspective now that he is retired?

7. What do we learn about Setsuko from Ono's conversation with Matsuda?

8. Ono recalls the influence of Moriyama on his own behavior. What does he say he adopted from his teacher?

9. Why didn't Moriyama applaud his student's maturing talent as an artist?

10. How does Ono answer Ichiro's question about why men drink sake?

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