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

2. What is the name of Yuichi's mother?
(a) Eriko.
(b) Yoshimoto.
(c) Satsuki.
(d) Erika.

3. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?
(a) 4 P.M.
(b) 7 A.M.
(c) 7 P.M.
(d) 10 P.M.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yuichi work part-time?

2. In whose kitchen does Mikage's dream take place?

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

4. Who seems most distraught about the death?

5. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eriko's funeral.

2. Describe the major themes in Chapter One.

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

4. How does Part Three have a dream-like quality?

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

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

7. How does Satsuki feel at the intersection where the car accident occurs?

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

9. What tone does the author use in Part Three of the book? How does the tone used in Part Three compare to the tones in the previous parts?

10. How does Urara obtain Satsuki's phone number?

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