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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mikage's dream foreshadow?
(a) That Mikage and Yuichi are meant to be together.
(b) An upcoming change.
(c) More loss for both Yuichi and Mikage.
(d) Time spent apart for Yuichi and Mikage.

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

3. Who seems most distraught about the death?
(a) Eriko.
(b) Mikage.
(c) Yuichi.
(d) Satsuki.

4. What challenges does the Tanabe face in helping one another?
(a) They are constantly working.
(b) Their eccentricities.
(c) They have trouble communicating.
(d) They fear one another.

5. What is it that lifts Mikage's spirits when she cries?
(a) Seeing Sotaro walk by happily.
(b) The sound of a kitchen.
(c) Yuichi joking.
(d) Eriko's gift.

6. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?
(a) That they make a huge mess.
(b) That Yuichi's girlfriend is angry.
(c) That they wake up Eriko.
(d) That they wake up her grandmother.

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

8. Which scene is the most pivotal in the first chapter?
(a) Mikage riding on the bus.
(b) Yuichi getting slapped.
(c) Eriko's transformation.
(d) Mikage arriving at the Tanabe home.

9. What beverage is Mikage drinking in her dream?
(a) Water.
(b) Warm milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

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

11. What emotion do Yuichi and Mikage share in the first chapter?
(a) Inattentive.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Exurbence.
(d) Despair.

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

13. What does the Tanabe family bring to Mikage's life?
(a) Eccentricity.
(b) Fulfillment.
(c) Normalcy.
(d) Despair.

14. Who slaps Yuichi?
(a) Mikage's ex-boyfriend.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Mikage.
(d) Eriko.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mikage's last name?

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

4. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?

5. What is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?

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