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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mikage do in the Tanabe kitchen when Yuichi is gone?

2. Where is Yuichi when he calls Mikage?

3. What time does Mikage arrive at Yuichi's inn?

4. What does Yuichi ask Mikage for the day after she spends the night at the Tanabe home?

5. Where is Mikage when she first believes she is in love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Analyze this statement's validity as it relates to the entire book: A theme in the novel is that life continues even when a life ends.

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