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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. Where are Mikage's parents?

2. What time does Yuichi tell Mikage to arrive at the Tanabe home?

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

4. How does Mikage tell that her ex-boyfriend no longer loves her?

5. Which relative of Mikage's dies recently?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process in which Yuji becomes Eriko.

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

3. Describe Mikage's last encounter with Eriko before her death.

4. How is sexual ambiguity explored in the first chapter?

5. Why does Satsuki have such a busy schedule?

6. Describe the relationship that Hitoshi and Satsuki shared before Hitoshi's death?

7. Describe the dreams that Satsuki has about Hitoshi.

8. Why doesn't Mikage want to sleep the first day that she spends at Yuichi's home?

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

10. What is Mikage's reaction to hearing of Eriko's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The dreams in all three chapters have significance to the rest of the story. Describe one dream, or dream-like element of each chapter, and analyze the significance to its specific chapter.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The three chapters of Kitchen are titled Kitchen, Full Moon, and Moonlight Shadow. What is the significance of each chapter title? What about the name of the novel as a whole? Why do you think the author chooses these specific titles?

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