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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mike start sending Ben after he has been in Osaka a while?
(a) Pictures of his surroundings.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Songs.
(d) Letters.

2. What does Kunihiko bring back from a convenience store for some foreigners one night at the bar?
(a) Special American beer.
(b) Slurpees.
(c) Milkshakes.
(d) Convenience store chicken.

3. Who is Mary's and Harold's daughter?
(a) Beth.
(b) Janet.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Sandy.

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

5. Who does Eiju say he will leave the bar to if Mike does not want it?
(a) Hana.
(b) Kunihiko.
(c) Taro.
(d) Natsue.

6. What does Mike tell the patrons at Eiju's that his relationship with Eiju is?
(a) Like a cousin.
(b) Like a brother.
(c) Like a nephew.
(d) Like a good friend.

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

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

9. Around what time does Eiju's bar get its first customers every night?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

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

11. What does Mike decide to stuff into his duffel to take home from Eiju's apartment?
(a) A packet of seaweed.
(b) A figurine.
(c) A kazoo of Eiju's.
(d) Eiju's notebook.

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

13. What conversation does Mike have with Eiju just once?
(a) A conversation about cooking.
(b) A conversation about hospice.
(c) A conversation about alcoholism.
(d) A conversation about college.

14. How does Mike describe the first few months living with Ben?
(a) Sad.
(b) Mundane.
(c) Blissful.
(d) Terrible.

15. Which of the following is one of Eiju's favorite things?
(a) Smoked eel.
(b) Rice.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Presents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mike decided to do just before he got the call from Mistsuko about Eiju's illness?

2. What kind of mat does Kunihiko sleep on in Eiju's apartment?

3. What does Eiju say to Mike when Mike tells him blatantly he is gay?

4. What is Kunihiko angry with Mike about?

5. What is the name of Eiju's bar?

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