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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. Who does Mike meet in Eiju's bar whom he is romantically interested in?
(a) Hana.
(b) Tan.
(c) Natsue.
(d) Sana.

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

3. Where was Ben born?
(a) Stetson.
(b) Katy.
(c) Austin.
(d) Houtson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps Mitsuko get her first job in America in Part III?

2. Who is the older Black woman who lives next door to Mike?

3. What does Eiju say to Mike when he asks if anyone else knows Eiju is dying?

4. Which customers of Eiju's are coworkers at an advertising agency?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eiju tell Mike when Mike asks how he first met Mitsuko?

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

3. What makes Mike upset about how Eiju manages his illness?

4. What does Mike say to Ben shortly before he leaves for Osaka that he knows he should not have said?

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

6. What does Mike think about Eiju's approach to telling others about his terminal illness?

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

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

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

10. What surprises Mike about the name of Eiju's bar?

(see the answer keys)

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