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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 did Mike's mother do with him routinely right before she left America for Japan?
(a) Cooked for him.
(b) Took him out to fancy dinners.
(c) Played tennis with him.
(d) Sang karaoke with him.

2. What does Eiju tell Mike when Mike reminds him of the doctor's orders not to smoke?
(a) Eiju tells Mike smoking is actually good for him.
(b) Eiju tells Mike to go home.
(c) Eiju tells Mike he has cancer, not Alzheimer's.
(d) Eiju tells Mike the doctor actually told him to smoke.

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

4. What do Ben and Mike often do after arguing?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Drink beer.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Eat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminds Mike to take care of himself as well as his father?

2. What does Eiju start doing more frequently as he gets sicker?

3. What does Mike drink with Eiju one night at the bar?

4. Who does Tan live with?

5. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mike think of Kunihiko?

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

5. What does Kunihiko start doing as Eiju gets sicker?

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

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

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

9. What does Eiju say when Mike tells him he is gay in Part III?

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

(see the answer keys)

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