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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the older Black woman who lives next door to Mike?
(a) Reyna.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hellie.
(d) Billie.

2. What does Ben tell Mike that all the men he has slept with have in common?
(a) They are all short.
(b) They are all young.
(c) They are all hilarious.
(d) They are all well-educated.

3. What does Mike tell Ben one day during one of their worst fights, right before he leaves for Osaka?
(a) No one will ever love Ben.
(b) Ben is very selfish.
(c) The world does not owe Ben anything.
(d) Ben needs to get a better job.

4. Who asks Mike to cook rice and pork for him?
(a) Hiro.
(b) Fabiko.
(c) Morimoto.
(d) Masitmi.

5. What do Ben and Mike often do after arguing?
(a) Eat.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Drink beer.

6. Why do Americans often respond to Mike well in Eiju's bar?
(a) He always wears American T-shirts.
(b) He tells them he is from Texas.
(c) He is particularly nasty to them.
(d) He is the only staff member who speaks English.

7. Who is the first person Mike tells outright that Eiju is dying while he is in Japan?
(a) Sana.
(b) Hana.
(c) Tan.
(d) Natsue.

8. Who comes to have dinner regularly at Eiju's as Eiju enters the later stages of his illness?
(a) Tan.
(b) Ben.
(c) Takeshi.
(d) Kunihiko.

9. Which customers of Eiju's are coworkers at an advertising agency?
(a) Raka and Hana.
(b) Raka and Kunihko.
(c) Tan and Ebbie.
(d) Hana and Mieko.

10. What does Eiju call Mike that makes him upset?
(a) His mother's name.
(b) His Japanese name.
(c) His old nickname.
(d) His sister's name.

11. Where was Ben born?
(a) Houtson.
(b) Austin.
(c) Katy.
(d) Stetson.

12. What does Eiju ask Mike to do when he dies?
(a) To sell the bar.
(b) Not to wait to tell Mitsuko.
(c) To marry Ben.
(d) To move back to America immediately.

13. What is the name of Eiju's bar?
(a) Katami.
(b) Hirami.
(c) Huniko.
(d) Mitsuko.

14. What does Eiju do one night at the bar that makes Mike incredulous and angry?
(a) Smokes cigarettes.
(b) Steals money from a patron.
(c) Throws out a patron.
(d) Drinks heavily.

15. What tragedy happened years earlier in the doctor's life?
(a) He lost his brother in a plane crash.
(b) He lost his leg in a car accident.
(c) His wife and daughter died in a car accident.
(d) He lost both his parents in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tan live with his mother?

2. Who does Tan live with?

3. What does Eiju scribble in his notebook that Mike finds in his apartment?

4. Why does Eiju tell Mike he owns a car?

5. Which of the following is one of Eiju's favorite things?

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