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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Taro tell Mike and Eiju after Eiju has to spend a few nights in the clinic?
(a) The later stages of Eiju's illness had begun.
(b) Eiju should work harder now to stave off the illness.
(c) Eiju definitely needed medicine now.
(d) Eiju needed to make funeral arrangements.

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

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

4. 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) Drinks heavily.
(d) Throws out a patron.

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

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

7. Who does Mike ask for directions to his father's apartment in Osaka?
(a) A newspaper stand salesman.
(b) A taxi driver.
(c) A bookshop owner and neighbor of Eiju's.
(d) A waiter.

8. What does Eiju say to Mike when Mike tells him blatantly he is gay?
(a) Eiju tells Mike to leave.
(b) Eiju uses a homophobic slur.
(c) Eiju tells Mike he probably is not really gay.
(d) Eiju tells Mike he does not care.

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

10. Where had Mike lived with his parents before they moved to America?
(a) Setagaya.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Mihawi.
(d) Tokyo.

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

12. 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 by accident.
(d) Mitsuko told Mike because Eiju told her to tell him.

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

14. What is Kunihiko angry with Mike about?
(a) Mike's stealing money from the bar.
(b) Mike's drinking too much.
(c) Not working harder at the bar.
(d) Not telling him how sick Eiju was.

15. How did Mike's mother find out Eiju went back to Japan?
(a) Mike told her.
(b) She called his sister to find out.
(c) She called his mother to find out.
(d) A neighbor told her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mike feel the first night Ben sleeps in his bed after moving in?

2. Which couple are regulars at Eiju's bar?

3. What does Mike say to Ben during a bad fight that he instantly regrets?

4. What does Mike tell the patrons at Eiju's that his relationship with Eiju is?

5. What does Mike decide to stuff into his duffel to take home from Eiju's apartment?

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