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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mike realize that Eiju shows to Kunihiko in how Eiju treats Kunihiko?
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Endearment.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sorrow.

2. What does Mike routinely do with the older Black couple next door?
(a) Go for walks.
(b) Play shuffleboard.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Eat.

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Tan live with?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His mother.

8. What does Eiju scribble in his notebook that Mike finds in his apartment?
(a) Notes to friends.
(b) Lists.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Poems.

9. 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 has a sixth sense for kitchen setups.
(c) He says Eiju told him once.
(d) He says he cooks there all the time.

10. Who are the trio of salarymen who frequent Eiju's bar?
(a) Kinihiko, Sana, and Miko.
(b) Takeshi, Hiro, and Sana.
(c) Hana, Hiro, and Takeshi.
(d) Sana, Hana, and Miko.

11. 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 well-educated.
(c) They are all young.
(d) They are all hilarious.

12. What kind of food did Eiju cook for Mike when he was a child?
(a) Japanese food.
(b) Only desserts.
(c) The different ethnic foods he learned to cook at his various restaurant jobs.
(d) American food like pizza and hamburgers.

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

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

15. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?
(a) He said Mike should be a cook.
(b) He said Mike should take care of his mother.
(c) He told Mike that Mike could not possibly be gay.
(d) He said Mike was almost as tall as he was.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eiju do in Osaka?

3. Who is the older Black woman who lives next door to Mike?

4. What does Eiju tell Kunihiko he has to pay for after Kunihiko breaks them?

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

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