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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?

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

3. What is Mikage stunned by at the Tanabe apartment?

4. Which scene is the most pivotal in the first chapter?

5. What month does Mikage decide to stop being lazy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the tone of Part Two.

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

4. Why does Mikage bring food to Yuichi at night?

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

6. Why does Mikage agree to move in with the Tanabe family?

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

8. Why doesn't Satsuki greet Hiiragi when she sees him walking on the street without the uniform?

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

10. Why does Okuno visit Mikage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine how one character from each chapter grows or develops as a result of action in one chapter of the novel. What causes this growth?

Essay Topic 2

In all three chapters, characters seek to find normalcy and routine to cope with grief. How do they seek this sense of routine? What do the characters find instead?

Essay Topic 3

Who are the significant secondary characters throughout Kitchen? How does the author use secondary characters as catalysts for action in the stories?

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