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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two matters do Mike and Ben discuss in their relationship at around the same time?
(a) Shared finances and children.
(b) When to meet each other's parents and children.
(c) Monogamy and shared finances.
(d) Children and monogamy.

3. What is similar about how Mike's and Ben's parents both got married?
(a) Both eloped.
(b) All four parents were the same age when they got married.
(c) Both got married in a living room.
(d) Both were arranged marriages.

4. In Chapter 21, what does Ben think is the root of his and Mike's problem?
(a) The night before Mike left, he asked Ben if Ben thought they were working out.
(b) Mike thinks Ben is cheating on him.
(c) Ben thinks Mike does not love him.
(d) Mike and Ben always fight about money.

5. What big event is happening for Ben's friend he works at the daycare with in the coming weeks?
(a) She is getting married.
(b) She is moving abroad.
(c) She is getting divorced.
(d) She is moving on to a new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mike going in Chapter 1?

2. Why is Mitsuko crying in Chapter 32?

3. What does Ben's father insist on when they meet in Chapter 19?

4. What habit does Benson's mother have that she started picking up after her divorce?

5. What does Omar do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, how does Ben react when his mother takes him to her new house for the first time?

2. When does Mike tell Ben he will come back to America in Chapter 22?

3. How does Ben feel about his mother's new husband and family?

4. What do Ben and Mitsuko start doing together in the apartment in Part I?

5. What is Mike's reaction when Ben asks him once if he wants kids?

6. In Chapter 21, what does Mike tell Ben he is trying to figure out?

7. How does Ben feel about his job at the daycare?

8. How do Ben's family take the realization that he is gay?

9. What embarrasses Ben about his father when they go out to dinner together in Chapter 19?

10. What is awkward for Benson about Mike leaving for Osaka in Chapter 1?

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