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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 does Yuichi want Mikage to make using the item he brings home?
(a) Change of address cards.
(b) Bookshelves.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Short stories.

2. Which scene is the most pivotal in the first chapter?
(a) Mikage riding on the bus.
(b) Eriko's transformation.
(c) Mikage arriving at the Tanabe home.
(d) Yuichi getting slapped.

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

4. What does Eriko bring home for Mikage?
(a) A word processor.
(b) Books.
(c) A juicer.
(d) A typewriter.

5. Mikage comes across several kitchens in the first chapter. What is each kitchen representative of?
(a) Each stage in Mikage's life.
(b) The people Mikage meets.
(c) The deaths that Mikage deals with.
(d) The houses that Mikage live in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mikage worry about in her dream?

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

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

4. What is Mikage's last name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

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

6. Why does Okuno visit Mikage?

7. How does Mikage know Yuichi before they become housemates?

8. How is Satsuki coping with Hitoshi's death?

9. Describe the process in which Yuji becomes Eriko.

10. Describe the apparition that Satsuki sees on the bridge.

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