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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Omar ask Ben in Chapter 30?
(a) What he should do with his surplus money.
(b) How he should cut his hair next time.
(c) What he should wear to Ximena's wedding.
(d) What he should feed Ahmad.

2. What does Ahmad say he is doing in Chapter 8?
(a) Running away.
(b) Cooking for himself.
(c) Going on strike.
(d) Writing a book.

3. In Chapter 13, what does Mitsuko buy?
(a) A new blender.
(b) Cookbooks.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A washing machine.

4. What does Mitsuko say about her and Ben's journey together in Chapter 31?
(a) It is absurd.
(b) It makes her sad.
(c) It makes her angry.
(d) It is surprising.

5. In Chapter 29, what does Ben ask Mitsuko about?
(a) How she cracks an egg with her palm.
(b) How she makes her rice.
(c) How she gets her hair like that.
(d) How she gets the chicken so crispy.

6. In Chapter 20, what does Ben find Mitsuko doing?
(a) Standing in silence with his neighbor.
(b) Eating a cake by herself.
(c) Crying.
(d) Talking on the phone to Mike.

7. What does the first text Ben sends Mike once Mike leaves for his trip say?
(a) It's over.
(b) How r u.
(c) I love you.
(d) We're done.

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

9. Who leaves the wedding reception with Ben?
(a) Omar.
(b) Ximena.
(c) Mitsuko.
(d) Mike.

10. What prompts Ben's father to ask about Mike in Chapter 27?
(a) Ben's use of chopsticks.
(b) Ben's new vocabulary.
(c) Ben's new clothes.
(d) Ben's new cooking skills.

11. In Chapter 7, what impresses Mike that Mitsuko handles while cooking?
(a) Frying sausages.
(b) Deveining shrimp.
(c) Cutting up a chicken.
(d) Slicing sushi.

12. Who does Ben work with who is also a good friend of his?
(a) Helen.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Ximena.

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

14. Who visits Ben in Chapter 9?
(a) Ben's brother.
(b) Lydia and Ben's mother.
(c) Ben's ex-boyfriend.
(d) Ben's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ben go on a date with in Part I?

2. Which boy at the daycare does Ben have a special relationship with?

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

4. What does Lydia's text to Ben in Chapter 16 say?

5. Where is Ximena's husband from?

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