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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mikage stunned by at the Tanabe apartment?
(a) The cleanliness of the kitchen.
(b) Eriko's job.
(c) Eriko's beauty.
(d) The apartment's view.

2. What is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?
(a) Boys.
(b) Kitchens.
(c) Ingredients.
(d) Grandmothers.

3. How long is Yuichi dating his girlfriend?
(a) One month.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

4. Where does Mikage meet up with her ex-boyfriend?
(a) Flower store.
(b) Cemetery.
(c) Old apartment.
(d) Coffee shop.

5. In whose kitchen does Mikage's dream take place?
(a) Eriko's.
(b) Chika's.
(c) Her grandmother's.
(d) Sotaro's

6. What do Yuichi and Mikage share at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Exact opposite dreams.
(b) New family connections.
(c) Loss of another family member.
(d) The same dream.

7. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?
(a) 4 P.M.
(b) 7 P.M.
(c) 10 P.M.
(d) 7 A.M.

8. What does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Change of address cards.
(d) Bookshelves.

9. What does Yuichi want when he wakes up after Mikage has her dream?
(a) Water.
(b) Tea.
(c) Ramen.
(d) Cucumber salad.

10. What does Mikage fall in love with at the Tanabe apartment?
(a) Yuichi.
(b) Their kitchen.
(c) The typewriter.
(d) The view.

11. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?
(a) A word processor.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A juicer.
(d) Books.

12. How does Mikage tell that her ex-boyfriend no longer loves her?
(a) The look in his eyes.
(b) His body language.
(c) The tone he uses.
(d) The words he uses.

13. Why does Yuichi get slapped?
(a) For insulting Eriko.
(b) For being lazy.
(c) For quitting his job.
(d) For living with Mikage.

14. What time does Mikage wake up after her dream?
(a) 4 A.M.
(b) 7 A.M.
(c) 2 A.M.
(d) 12 A.M.

15. What does Banana Yoshimoto use as a catalyst for love?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Homelessness.
(c) Security.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mikage see that makes her cry?

2. Who does Mikage visit the day after she receives Eriko's gift?

3. How many days after the funeral is Mikage still trying to come to terms with what happens?

4. What is the one place Mikage finds peace?

5. Who seems most distraught about the death?

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