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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 is the man who Eiju gets his liquor from?
(a) Hikaru.
(b) Morimoto.
(c) Morami.
(d) Hikachi.

2. What does Eiju do one night at the bar that makes Mike incredulous and angry?
(a) Steals money from a patron.
(b) Smokes cigarettes.
(c) Throws out a patron.
(d) Drinks heavily.

3. Who does Mike eventually partner with to do a pop-up restaurant?
(a) Shepard.
(b) Rick.
(c) Tony.
(d) Bernard.

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

5. Who is Eiju's doctor?
(a) Ryutaro.
(b) Hana.
(c) Kunihiko.
(d) Sana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike cook for Eiju's doctor?

2. What had Mike decided to do just before he got the call from Mistsuko about Eiju's illness?

3. How does Kunihiko know where everything is in Eiju's apartment kitchen?

4. What does Eiju call Mike that makes him upset?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What seems to surprise Ben about Mike's reaction to his telling Mike he is HIV positive?

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

9. What is very upsetting to Mike about how his father Eiju abandoned him and Mitsuko?

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

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