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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mikage comes across several kitchens in the first chapter. What is each kitchen representative of?
(a) The deaths that Mikage deals with.
(b) Each stage in Mikage's life.
(c) The houses that Mikage live in.
(d) The people Mikage meets.

3. What is a kitchen symbolic of in the first chapter?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Selflessness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following pairs are common themes in the first chapter?
(a) Growth and success.
(b) Destiny and spirituality.
(c) Harmony and success.
(d) Destiny and anxiety.

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

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

14. How many days after the funeral is Mikage still trying to come to terms with what happens?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. What does Mikage do when she wakes up from her dream?
(a) Drinks water.
(b) Cries.
(c) Drinks tea.
(d) Wakes Yuichi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?

2. Where are Mikage's parents?

3. Which scene is the most pivotal in the first chapter?

4. What is Eriko's former name?

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

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