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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Kitchen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mikage make for the Tanabe family?
(a) Chicken salad and rice.
(b) Cucumber salad and rice with eggs.
(c) Broccoli and rice with eggs.
(d) Carrot salad and noodles with eggs.

2. What keeps Mikage from thinking of her loneliness at night?
(a) The breeze from the kitchen window.
(b) The hum of the refrigerator.
(c) The drip of the leaky faucet.
(d) The crunching of the ice maker.

3. What is the one constant in Mikage's life?
(a) Yuichi.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Eriko.

4. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) November.
(d) June.

5. What does Mikage see that makes her cry?
(a) A child with their grandmother.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend and another girl.
(c) Yuichi and his girlfriend.
(d) Eriko walking alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?

2. In Mikage's dream, what is Yuichi doing?

3. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?

4. Which of the following pairs are common themes in the first chapter?

5. What does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?

(see the answer key)

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