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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What time does Mikage wake up after her dream?
(a) 2 A.M.
(b) 7 A.M.
(c) 4 A.M.
(d) 12 A.M.

5. Where does Mikage hide to cry?
(a) In a church.
(b) On the bus.
(c) An alley.
(d) In her old apartment.

6. What place in the world does Mikage like best?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bridge.
(c) Grandma's bedroom.
(d) The Tanabe's home.

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

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

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

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

11. Where does Mikage meet up with her ex-boyfriend?
(a) Old apartment.
(b) Coffee shop.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Flower store.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mikage's dream, what is she doing in the kitchen?

2. Where are Mikage's parents?

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

4. Who does Mikage visit the day after she receives Eriko's gift?

5. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?

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