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

2. What does Eiju call Mike that makes him upset?
(a) His old nickname.
(b) His mother's name.
(c) His Japanese name.
(d) His sister's name.

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

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

5. Which customers of Eiju's are coworkers at an advertising agency?
(a) Raka and Hana.
(b) Hana and Mieko.
(c) Tan and Ebbie.
(d) Raka and Kunihko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Mike remember playing with Eiju as a child?

2. What does Ben tell Mike in one of their early texts?

3. What did Mike's mother do with him routinely right before she left America for Japan?

4. Who is Mary's and Harold's daughter?

5. What does Mike start sending Ben after he has been in Osaka a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mike begin helping Eiju run the bar?

2. What does Eiju tell Mike about the bar that surprises Mike?

3. Who does Mike become somewhat romantically involved with in Osaka and how does this happen?

4. What does Mike eventually realize Mary and Harold, his neighbors, have in mind for him?

5. What does Mike come to think of Eiju's regular patrons?

6. Why does Mike realize his mother was taking him out for fancy dinners for a time?

7. What is unique about Mike's neighborhood in Texas?

8. What do Sora an Mike talk about when Mike helps his father get the bar's liquor order?

9. What happens to Eiju as he gets sicker and sicker?

10. How does Eiju feel about tourists in his bar?

(see the answer keys)

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