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

2. What does Mikage fall in love with at the Tanabe apartment?
(a) The typewriter.
(b) Yuichi.
(c) The view.
(d) Their kitchen.

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

4. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?
(a) Whether or not to get plastic surgery again.
(b) Whether she goes to school or not.
(c) Whether or not to remodel.
(d) Whether or not to order take-out.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What time does Mikage wake up after her dream?

4. What do Yuichi and Mikage share at the end of Chapter One?

5. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mikage's dream.

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

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

4. Describe the apparition that Hiiragi sees.

5. What begins to lift Mikage's spirits once she establishes herself in the Tanabe household?

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

7. Describe the daydream that Mikage has after her dinner with Yuichi.

8. What stuns Mikage about Eriko?

9. Describe Eriko's funeral.

10. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

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