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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. Who is Mary's and Harold's daughter?

2. Who is Eiju's doctor?

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

4. What does Eiju tell Kunihiko he has to pay for after Kunihiko breaks them?

5. What kind of food did Eiju cook for Mike when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 2

How do both Ben and Mike seem to handle the idea of monogamy in their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think cooking symbolizes to both Mike and Mitsuko? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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