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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 challenges does the Tanabe face in helping one another?

2. What is Eriko's former name?

3. How does Yuichi know Mikage?

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

5. What place in the world does Mikage like best?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Based on Mikage visiting Yuichi at the inn, what predictions can the reader make for their relationship?

4. What role do supernatural elements play in the story?

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

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

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

8. Describe Eriko's funeral.

9. Describe Mikage's encounter with her previous landlord.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the story of Satsuki and the story of Mikage. How are the two characters similar? How are they different? How are the people in their lives similar and different? What about the events they face?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the elements of foreshadowing in the novel, in all three chapters. Choose one example from each chapter to analyze.

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