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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mikage's dream, what is Yuichi doing?

2. What does Mikage see that makes her cry?

3. What does Mikage fall in love with at the Tanabe apartment?

4. Mikage comes across several kitchens in the first chapter. What is each kitchen representative of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Mikage cope with the loss of her grandmother?

2. Why is the crying scene so pivotal in the book?

3. Why doesn't Satsuki greet Hiiragi when she sees him walking on the street without the uniform?

4. Why does Yuichi drink so much at his dinner with Mikage?

5. What do the bridge and river represent in this story?

6. What is it that Satsuki must not do on the bridge during the event? Why?

7. Based on Mikage visiting Yuichi at the inn, what predictions can the reader make for their relationship?

8. Describe Mikage's dream.

9. Why doesn't Mikage want to sleep the first day that she spends at Yuichi's home?

10. Why does Mikage decide she wants to move out? Why doesn't she?

(see the answer keys)

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