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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 241 - 300).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Eiju's favorite sounds?
(a) Flower petals falling.
(b) A vodka bottle opening.
(c) Crickets in the morning.
(d) Bruce Sprintsteen.

2. Who does Mike talk to when he helps his father with the liquor order?
(a) Sora.
(b) Masatomi.
(c) Micha.
(d) Bennie.

3. How does the reader find out Ben is HIV positive?
(a) Ben tells Omar when they are in a sexual situation together.
(b) Ben tells Mitsuko after a few weeks of her staying in the apartment.
(c) Ben tells Mike after he has left for Japan.
(d) Ben tells his mother after many years.

4. Where is Mike's mother flying into just before he goes on his trip?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Houston.
(d) San Francisco.

5. How does Kunihiko know where everything is in Eiju's apartment kitchen?
(a) He says all Japanese people stock their kitchens the same way.
(b) He says he cooks there all the time.
(c) He says Eiju told him once.
(d) He says he has a sixth sense for kitchen setups.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Eiju's apartment on Mike's first night alone there?

2. Where does Ben leave Mike's car on the day of Ximena's wedding?

3. What tragedy happened years earlier in the doctor's life?

4. What did Mike always bring Ben from work?

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

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