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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Mikage when she starts crying?
(a) At the coffee shop.
(b) At the park.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In a taxi.

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

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

5. What is the name of Mikage's ex-boyfriend?
(a) Yuji.
(b) Sotaro.
(c) Yoshimoto.
(d) Satsuki.

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

7. Which of the following is the most major theme in the first chapter?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Death.
(d) Spite.

8. Where does Yuichi want to go in Mikage's dream?
(a) The book store.
(b) The flower store.
(c) A ramen stand.
(d) To get some tea.

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

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

11. What is Eriko's former name?
(a) Yoshimoto.
(b) Satsuki.
(c) Erika.
(d) Yuji.

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

13. Where are Mikage's parents?
(a) In America.
(b) Dead.
(c) On vacation.
(d) In a nursing home.

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

15. Why does Mikage believe that she is able to understand Yuichi?
(a) She does not love him.
(b) They both lose family.
(c) She is related to him.
(d) She does not need him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?

2. What time does Mikage wake up after her dream?

3. What is the one constant in Mikage's life?

4. What is Mikage stunned by at the Tanabe apartment?

5. What keeps Mikage from thinking of her loneliness at night?

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