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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. In Mikage's dream, what is she doing in the kitchen?

3. Where does Mikage hide to cry?

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

5. What is Eriko contemplating the first morning after Mikage moves in in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eriko's funeral.

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

3. Describe Mikage's meeting with Sotaro.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is the Tanabe family good for Mikage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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