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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 181 - 240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mike start sending Ben after he has been in Osaka a while?
(a) Pictures of his surroundings.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Letters.
(d) Songs.

2. What is strange about Mike's texts in Chapter 31?
(a) He does not answer right away.
(b) He only uses abbreviations.
(c) He promises Ben something and he also uses an exclamation point.
(d) He seems angry.

3. What job does Mitsuko have in Japan?
(a) She is an acupuncturist.
(b) She works at a jewelry store.
(c) She is an accountant.
(d) She is a secretary.

4. What major struggle does Ben's father deal with?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Fighting cancer.

5. In Chapter 14, how does Mike characterize Ben's childhood that Ben bristles at?
(a) As being more loving than Mike's childhood.
(b) As being sadder than Mike's childhood.
(c) As being more normal than Mike's childhood.
(d) As being more financially secure than Mike's childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mike feel the first night Ben sleeps in his bed after moving in?

2. How does the reader find out Ben is HIV positive?

3. What does Kunihiko bring back from a convenience store for some foreigners one night at the bar?

4. What do Tan and Mike do after leaving the diner the first time they eat together?

5. What does Mike say to Ben during a bad fight that he instantly regrets?

(see the answer key)

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