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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of store does someone want to open in what is the Kobayashi Bookstore?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Yarn.
(d) Record.

2. How long did Reiko teach the young girl?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

3. What color dress does Hatsumi wear to the celebration dinner?
(a) Crimson.
(b) Forest green.
(c) Midnight blue.
(d) Black.

4. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?
(a) Study.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Volunteers at a soup kitchen.
(d) Visit his family.

5. How does Toru tell Hatsumi that Kizuki died?
(a) Suicide.
(b) House fire.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Traffic accident.

6. What temporary job does Toru find right after he moves into his apartment?
(a) Moving company worker.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Landscaping assistant.
(d) Painter's assistant.

7. Where do Midori and Toru have lunch the day she decides to talk to him again?
(a) A department store restaurant.
(b) His apartment.
(c) The restaurant where they met.
(d) Her apartment.

8. In what city is Toru, years later, when he is reminded of Hatsumi?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) Cape Town, South Africa.
(d) San Juan, Puerto Rico.

9. What is stored in the shed where Reiko and Toru talk the night before he leaves?
(a) Holiday decorations.
(b) Winter sports equipment.
(c) Paint and building maintenance equipment.
(d) Lawn and garden maintenance equipment.

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

11. What day of the week does Midori finally call Toru?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

12. What does Midori ask Toru to explain to her as they walk through Ochanomizu Station?
(a) The Pythagorean theorem.
(b) Gravity.
(c) The nature vs. nurture debate.
(d) The subjunctive case.

13. In what grade is Reiko's daughter?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

14. What song does Reiko figure out how to play from hearing it on the radio?
(a) "Mrs. Robinson."
(b) "Spinning Wheel."
(c) "Scarborough Fair."
(d) "White Room."

15. How many times was Reiko hospitalized before coming to Ami Hotel?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Midori and her sister get drunk on after their father's funeral?

2. Where do Midori and Toru go to get warm and dry that afternoon?

3. Which of these is not something Toru tells Reiko he enjoys doing?

4. How did Naoko's uncle commit suicide?

5. What do we learn happens to Hatsumi?

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