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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 tragedy happened years earlier in the doctor's life?
(a) He lost his leg in a car accident.
(b) He lost both his parents in a car accident.
(c) His wife and daughter died in a car accident.
(d) He lost his brother in a plane crash.

2. Which couple are regulars at Eiju's bar?
(a) Hayato and Natsue.
(b) Hayato and Kunihiko.
(c) Natsue and Hana.
(d) Tan and Natsue.

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 short.
(d) They are all young.

4. What does Eiju ask Mike to do when he dies?
(a) To marry Ben.
(b) To move back to America immediately.
(c) To sell the bar.
(d) Not to wait to tell Mitsuko.

5. What does Mike decide to stuff into his duffel to take home from Eiju's apartment?
(a) A kazoo of Eiju's.
(b) Eiju's notebook.
(c) A packet of seaweed.
(d) A figurine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Americans often respond to Mike well in Eiju's bar?

3. What does Eiju ask Mike to do when they visit the shrine together?

4. Where was Ben born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Eiju generally treat Mike when Mike first shows up in Osaka?

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

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

10. Why is Ryutaro so loyal to Eiju?

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