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

2. Why does Yuichi get slapped?
(a) For living with Mikage.
(b) For quitting his job.
(c) For being lazy.
(d) For insulting Eriko.

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

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

5. What does Mikage make for the Tanabe family?
(a) Cucumber salad and rice with eggs.
(b) Broccoli and rice with eggs.
(c) Carrot salad and noodles with eggs.
(d) Chicken salad and rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What challenges does the Tanabe face in helping one another?

2. Where does Yuichi want to go in Mikage's dream?

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

4. What is Eriko's former name?

5. What is the one place Mikage finds peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hiiragi wear the women's uniform?

2. Describe Mikage's encounter with Chika.

3. What causes Mikage to cry on the bus?

4. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

5. What events in Satsuki's life foreshadow Hitoshi's death?

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 Mikage want to sleep the first day that she spends at Yuichi's home?

9. Does Sotaro still have feelings for Mikage? Why or why not? Does Mikage still have feelings for Sotaro?

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

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