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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 Eiju call Mike that makes him upset?
2. Who does Mike talk to when he helps his father with the liquor order?
3. How does Mike feel the first night Ben sleeps in his bed after moving in?
4. Why does Eiju tell Mike he owns a car?
5. How did Ben and Mike meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mike realize his mother was taking him out for fancy dinners for a time?
2. What does Mike think of Kunihiko?
3. Why is Mike angry at his mother for the circumstances surrounding her telling him that Eiju is dying?
4. What does Eiju tell Mike when Mike asks how he first met Mitsuko?
5. What does Mike say to Ben shortly before he leaves for Osaka that he knows he should not have said?
6. Why does Mike begin helping Eiju run the bar?
7. What does Mike eventually realize Mary and Harold, his neighbors, have in mind for him?
8. What does Eiju say when Mike tells him he is gay in Part III?
9. What upsets Mike about Ben's attitude towards the neighbors?
10. What do Sora an Mike talk about when Mike helps his father get the bar's liquor order?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the reader find out that Benson is HIV positive, and why do you think Washington chose to let the reader know this information at this point in the book and in this manner? 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
How does Mike's experience of poverty in childhood shape his perceptions as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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