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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which boy at the daycare does Ben have a special relationship with?
2. What does the first text Ben sends Mike once Mike leaves for his trip say?
3. What does Lydia's text to Ben in Chapter 16 say?
4. Where does Ben work?
5. What is Mike's mother's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lydia, Ben's sister, think of Mike?
2. What is awkward for Benson about Mike leaving for Osaka in Chapter 1?
3. What painful story does Ben tell Mike about his father growing up in Chapter 26?
4. What is one of Ben's father's most serious problems?
5. When does Mike tell Ben he will come back to America in Chapter 22?
6. What does Lydia ask Ben to do in Part I?
7. In Chapter 15, what does Ben's father ask him that makes Ben realize how lonely his father is?
8. How do Ben's family take the realization that he is gay?
9. In Chapter 21, what does Mike tell Ben he is trying to figure out?
10. Who startles Ben by asking him out on a date in Part II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Mike's trip to Japan, and his working at Eiju's bar and meeting all of Eiju's friends and acquaintances, change Mike's view of his father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the most significant challenges and problems in Ben's and Mike's relationship throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Washington seems to leave the door open to the idea that Mike and Ben might someday get back together at the end of the novel, but for the immediate future, they are breaking up. Why do you think Washington leaves the future of Ben's and Mike's relationship ambiguous? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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