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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. What does Kunihiko bring back from a convenience store for some foreigners one night at the bar?
2. Why does Eiju tell Mike he owns a car?
3. What does Mike remember Eiju saying to him right before he abandoned the family in America?
4. Which customers of Eiju's are coworkers at an advertising agency?
5. Who is Mary's and Harold's daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Sora an Mike talk about when Mike helps his father get the bar's liquor order?
2. What seems to surprise Ben about Mike's reaction to his telling Mike he is HIV positive?
3. What does Eiju tell Mike when Mike asks how he first met Mitsuko?
4. How does Eiju feel about tourists in his bar?
5. What does Mike think of Kunihiko?
6. What happens to Eiju as he gets sicker and sicker?
7. What makes Mike upset about how Eiju manages his illness?
8. What surprises Mike about the name of Eiju's bar?
9. Why is Mike angry at his mother for the circumstances surrounding her telling him that Eiju is dying?
10. Why does Mike begin helping Eiju run the bar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Ben eventually agrees to the awkward meeting between himself, Mike, and Omar towards the end of the novel? What it is about this meeting that seems to surprise all three young men? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How would you describe Mike's relationship with his mother Mitsuko? Is it fair to say it is as Mitsuko describes it, that is, as being "very close," in Chapter 3? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What kind of a friend is Ximena to Ben, and what benefits does he seem to glean from their friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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