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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 the one place Mikage finds peace?

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

3. Who are Mikage's remaining relatives?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mikage's meeting with Sotaro.

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

4. What does Satsuki hope to see on the bridge during the special event?

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

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

7. Describe the process in which Yuji becomes Eriko.

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

9. What is it that makes Mikage jealous?

10. Which characters in Part Two are running from the past? How?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the climax of each chapter. What tone does the author write the climax in? What does the climax symbolize or foreshadow for the future of the characters?

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

Death and love are both significant themes in the novel Kitchen. In the first two chapters, death is even the cause for love. Analyze these statements as they relate to the novel.

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