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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Mikage visit the day after she receives Eriko's gift?
(a) Yuichi's girlfriend.
(b) Grandma's grave.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) The landlord.

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

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

8. Where does Eriko work?
(a) The library.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A flower store.
(d) A club.

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

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

11. In Mikage's dream, what is Yuichi doing?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Cleaning the refrigerator.
(c) Wiping the counters.
(d) Cleaning the floor.

12. Which relative of Mikage's dies recently?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

13. What is the one place Mikage finds peace?
(a) The bookstore.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The park.

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

15. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?
(a) November.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Tanabe family bring to Mikage's life?

2. What motif does the glass have that Eriko gives to Mikage?

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

4. What is the first truly fun moment for Mikage since she experiences family loss?

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

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