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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Naoko's uncle commit suicide?
(a) Hanged himself.
(b) Jumped in front of a train.
(c) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(d) Drug overdose.

2. What was the age difference between Naoko and her sister?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.

3. What is Naoko wearing when Reiko and Toru return from their walk?
(a) A blue nightgown.
(b) Flannel pajamas.
(c) Jeans and a T-shirt.
(d) A pink satin robe.

4. How did Naoko's sister commit suicide?
(a) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) Jumped in front of a train.
(c) Hanged herself.
(d) Drug overdose.

5. What does Toru say he likes Midori a lot like?
(a) A perfect cup of coffee.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A dancing butterfly.
(d) A spring bear.

6. What part-time job does Toru take after classes start again?
(a) Working as a clerk at a drug store.
(b) Waiting tables at an Italian restaurant.
(c) Washing cars.
(d) Answering the phone at an all-night information service.

7. What kind of nuts do Midori and Toru eat at DUG?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Pistachios.
(d) Cashews.

8. What object does Toru tell Naoko triggered memories of Kizumi at the pool hall?
(a) The pool cues.
(b) The feel of the felt.
(c) The Pepsi machine.
(d) The jukebox.

9. What does Toru dream of his first night in the girls' apartment?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Snow.
(c) Kizuki's motorcycle.
(d) Willows.

10. About which composer is Itoh especially knowledgeable?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Vivaldi.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Bach.

11. What is Reiko most worried about while she is with the piano student on the bed?
(a) Her daughter walking in.
(b) Her husband walking in.
(c) That she isn't pretty enough.
(d) The girl's parents finding out.

12. What do we learn happens to Hatsumi?
(a) She becomes a famous novelist.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) She is killed in a car accident the day after her pool game with Toru.
(d) She marries Nagasawa.

13. What did Midori and her sister get drunk on after their father's funeral?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Sake.
(c) Beer.
(d) His brandy.

14. Why is Midori's father in the hospital?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He has a brain tumor.
(c) He had a kidney transplant.
(d) He had a stroke.

15. Where do Midori and Toru go to get warm and dry that afternoon?
(a) The restaurant where they met.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) The bar, DUG.
(d) His apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pizza do Midori and Toru have?

2. What winter sport does Reiko think Toru would enjoy?

3. What exercise does Toru do in PE class the day after returning from Ami Hostel?

4. What does Toru receive an invitation to in the spring of 1970?

5. What does Toru name his cat?

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