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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. What is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?
(a) Grandmothers.
(b) Boys.
(c) Kitchens.
(d) Ingredients.

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

3. What do Yuichi and Mikage share at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Exact opposite dreams.
(b) The same dream.
(c) New family connections.
(d) Loss of another family member.

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

5. How does Yuichi know Mikage?
(a) He meets her at church.
(b) They work together.
(c) He helps carry her grandmother's stuff home.
(d) They go to school together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuichi get slapped?

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

3. What emotion do Yuichi and Mikage share in the first chapter?

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

5. What is Eriko's former name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the kitchen play in Mikage's life before she moves in with the Tanabe family?

2. Describe Mikage's dream.

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

4. What lifts Mikage's spirit when she is crying? Why?

5. What causes Mikage to cry on the bus?

6. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

7. What role do the seasons play in Part Two?

8. What is the significance of the bell that Satsuki gives Hitoshi?

9. Why doesn't Yuichi tell Mikage that Eriko dies sooner?

10. What is Mikage's reaction to hearing of Eriko's death?

(see the answer keys)

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