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

2. What does Mike learn after he returns from being with Tan overnight?
(a) Ben called with an emergency.
(b) The bar has burned down.
(c) Eiju is in the hospital.
(d) Eiju has died.

3. What does Ben tell Mike that all the men he has slept with have in common?
(a) They are all young.
(b) They are all short.
(c) They are all well-educated.
(d) They are all hilarious.

4. Around what time does Eiju's bar get its first customers every night?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

5. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?
(a) He told Mike that Mike could not possibly be gay.
(b) He said Mike was almost as tall as he was.
(c) He said Mike should take care of his mother.
(d) He said Mike should be a cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ben and Mike meet?

2. What kind of mat does Kunihiko sleep on in Eiju's apartment?

3. What does Eiju tell Kunihiko he has to pay for after Kunihiko breaks them?

4. Which of the following is one of Eiju's favorite smells?

5. Who asks Mike to cook rice and pork for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What upsets Mike about Ben's attitude towards the neighbors?

5. What surprises Mike about the name of Eiju's 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. What do Sora an Mike talk about when Mike helps his father get the bar's liquor order?

9. What does Mike think of Kunihiko?

10. Why is Mike angry at his mother for the circumstances surrounding her telling him that Eiju is dying?

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