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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the song Midori wrote herself?
(a) "Never Alone Again."
(b) "Strawberry Shortcake."
(c) "Perfect Love."
(d) "I Have Nothing."

2. In what month did Toru run into Naoko on the train?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) May.
(d) March.

3. Where does Midori say her father is?
(a) The United States.
(b) At the cemetery.
(c) At the movies.
(d) Uruguay.

4. What did Toru take to Naoko for her birthday?
(a) Wine.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A cake.
(d) Dinner.

5. Why was Toru on the train the day he ran into Naoko?
(a) To go see a movie.
(b) To visit a museum.
(c) To visit a friend from high school.
(d) To go to a bookstore.

6. In what city did Toru go to college?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) Nagano.

7. How many patients are at Ami Hostel?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Fifty.

8. What was Toru's major?
(a) Drama.
(b) Physics.
(c) Ethnology.
(d) Geography.

9. How long has Naoko been at Ami Hostel?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

10. How many pages did Naoko send in her letter?
(a) Two.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

11. How did Midori's mother die?
(a) Kidney failure.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Heart attack.

12. When Toru tries to call Midori, where is he told she probably is?
(a) At school.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At the fish store.
(d) On a date.

13. Why is Toru sad at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) He has just heard that a friend of his is very ill.
(b) He misses Naoko.
(c) Naoko is dead.
(d) Naoko never loved him.

14. What other living thing did Toru and Naoko see that day in the meadow?
(a) An old farmer and his wife.
(b) Horses grazing.
(c) Bright red birds.
(d) A dog running across a field.

15. How much weight has Naoko gained?
(a) Fourteen pounds.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) Six pounds.
(d) Two pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reiko teach?

2. At what station did Toru and Naoko get off the train together?

3. What exam does Toru have coming up later in the week?

4. What word does Naoko call "a man's word"?

5. How old did Naoko turn on her birthday in April, 1969?

(see the answer keys)

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