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

2. Which character is sexually ambiguous?
(a) Yuichi.
(b) Sotaro.
(c) Eriko.
(d) Mikage.

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

4. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) August.

5. What is the first truly fun moment for Mikage since she experiences family loss?
(a) Talking to Eriko.
(b) The kitchen dream.
(c) Cooking for Yuichi.
(d) Talking to Sotaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mikage hide to cry?

2. What is the one place Mikage finds peace?

3. What is Eriko's former name?

4. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?

5. Where is Mikage when she starts crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mikage's saddest memory of Eriko?

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

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

4. Describe the process in which Yuji becomes Eriko.

5. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

6. Describe Mikage's meeting with Sotaro.

7. Why does Mikage decide she wants to move out? Why doesn't she?

8. 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?

9. Describe Eriko's death.

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

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