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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. In Chapter 18, what does Ben nearly hit in the road driving home from work?
(a) A dog.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A cat.
(d) A pigeon.

2. What does Eiju say when Mike asks him how he met his mother?
(a) He said they went to school together.
(b) He said they met through neighbors.
(c) He said they met through friends.
(d) He said it was raining and then she was there.

3. What makes Mike angry about the way Mitsuko tells him Eiju is sick?
(a) Mitsuko told Mike with no sympathy or care.
(b) Mitsuko told Mike by accident.
(c) Mitsuko told Mike because Eiju told her to tell him.
(d) Mitsuko knew Eiju was sick for three weeks before telling Mike.

4. What kind of mat does Kunihiko sleep on in Eiju's apartment?
(a) A cot mat.
(b) An extra tatami mat.
(c) A suko mat.
(d) A hiram mat.

5. What does Mitsuko say when Ben asks her what her home in Tokyo is like?
(a) Clean.
(b) Amazing.
(c) Sad.
(d) Quiet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Mike going in Chapter 1?

3. What does Ben tell Mike in one of their early texts?

4. What does Mike do for a living?

5. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?

(see the answer key)

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