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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 Ben cook with Mitsuko that she does not grimace at tasting in Chapter 31?
(a) Dashi.
(b) Pork croquettes.
(c) Rice and fish.
(d) Udon with kamaboko, spinach, and chicken.

2. What prompts Ben's father to ask about Mike in Chapter 27?
(a) Ben's new clothes.
(b) Ben's use of chopsticks.
(c) Ben's new vocabulary.
(d) Ben's new cooking skills.

3. Who does Ben go on a date with in Part I?
(a) Omar.
(b) John.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Ari.

4. In Chapter 20, what does Ben find Mitsuko doing?
(a) Eating a cake by herself.
(b) Crying.
(c) Talking on the phone to Mike.
(d) Standing in silence with his neighbor.

5. How does the reader find out Ben is HIV positive?
(a) Ben tells Omar when they are in a sexual situation together.
(b) Ben tells Mike after he has left for Japan.
(c) Ben tells Mitsuko after a few weeks of her staying in the apartment.
(d) Ben tells his mother after many years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike tell Ben about how his father treated his mother during his childhood?

2. What does Ben tell his mother she does not have to worry about in a phone conversation in Part II?

3. What food does Mitsuko ask Ben about in Chapter 5?

4. What does Mitsuko tell Ben "fine" means?

5. What does Ben ask Mitsuko in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one reason Ben is so mad at Mike in Part I, apart from Mike's trip to Japan?

2. What does Lydia ask Ben to do in Part I?

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

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

5. What does Mitsuko tell Ben a story is like when he asks her to tell him a story about Mike?

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

7. What does Ben's father say about his sexuality in Chapter 19 that is entirely offensive?

8. What does Lydia, Ben's sister, think of Mike?

9. What is one of the most striking similarities between Mike's parents and Ben's parents?

10. What did Mike ask Ben the night before Mike left for Japan?

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