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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. Why doesn't Miss Suzuki want Matsuda to feed his fish?
(a) She's afraid he'll fall into the pond.
(b) She can do it more easily.
(c) She doesn't want to attract the neighbor boy.
(d) He fell on the stones a few months ago.

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

3. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Noriko?
(a) The marriage has been unhappy.
(b) She's expecting a child.
(c) The marriage was annulled.
(d) She's getting a divorce.

4. How have the students behaved watching Moriyama paint?
(a) They wrote critiques of each painting.
(b) They asked him questions as he worked.
(c) They spoke as though he were not present.
(d) They told him they thought his painting was marvelous.

5. What happened to Moriyama after Ono left his school?
(a) His reputation had spread.
(b) His work was displayed at the palace.
(c) His work had been admired in Europe.
(d) His reputation had declined.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sugimura plan to leave his mark on the city forever?

2. What honor had Ono received in 1938?

3. What traits does Ono observe that Ichiro has inherited from his mother?

4. How did Saito treat Ono during their first encounter?

5. What is the common subject of Moriyama's paintings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After re-establishing contact with Matsuda during Noriko's marriage negotiations, what contact have Ono and Matsuda had before Matsuda dies?

3. Why is Ono irritated at Setsuko's insistence that Saito never heard of Ono until the miai?

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

5. Why did Moriyama's students never comment directly to him about his paintings?

6. What does Matsuda believe was his and Ono's great misfortune?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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