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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 long after their initial reconnection had Ono visited his old friend?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

2. Why does Ichiro say spinach is his favorite food?
(a) Because his father says spinach will make him strong.
(b) Because his aunt Noriko says spinach will make him strong.
(c) Because Popeye says spinach makes him strong.
(d) Because his mother says spinach will make him strong.

3. Where does Ono believe his own mannerisms come from?
(a) His old friend Matsuda.
(b) His admiration of Sugimura.
(c) His friend, Shintaro.
(d) His former teacher, Moriyama.

4. Why does Ono believe that the Tortoise or Shintaro will never feel the sort of happiness he felt sitting on the hillside?
(a) They did not risk everything in an attempt to be extraordinary.
(b) They did not have the talent.
(c) They were not skilled enough craftsmen.
(d) They were prone to complain.

5. What does Moriyama wish to accomplish with his students?
(a) To spread their art throughout the world.
(b) To spread their art throughout Japan.
(c) To change modern art in Europe.
(d) To change painting in their city to conform to his idea of style.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is always somewhere in a Moriyama painting?

2. What remains of Sugimura's planned Kawabe Park?

3. What famous Japanese artist does Moriyama emulate?

4. What does Setsuko say in Kawabe Park that irritates Ono?

5. Why had Matsuda called Ono naive in the old days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What effect did Moriyama try to create in his paintings?

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

6. How does Ono explain Naguchi's suicide to Ichiro?

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

8. When does Ono achieve his greatest feeling of triumph?

9. How has Ichiro changed in the year since Ono last saw him?

10. How does Ono console himself that he did not visit his old friend as often as he had intended to?

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