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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuichi bring home from work for Mikage to use?
(a) A television.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A word processor.
(d) A new blender.

2. Where does Yuichi work part-time?
(a) Flower shop.
(b) Shoe store.
(c) Book shop.
(d) Inn.

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

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

5. What is Mikage's last name?
(a) Yoshimoto.
(b) Satsuki.
(c) Sakurai.
(d) Tanabe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. In Mikage's dream, what is she doing in the kitchen?
(a) Scrubbing the sink.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Mopping the floor.
(d) Cleaning out the refrigerator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it that lifts Mikage's spirits when she cries?

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

4. How does Mikage tell that her ex-boyfriend no longer loves her?

5. What is the name of Mikage's ex-boyfriend?

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