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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of animal does Naoko let Toru hold?
(a) A baby chick.
(b) A duckling.
(c) A baby rabbit.
(d) A newborn kitten.

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

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

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

9. How long has it been since Toru played pool?
(a) One year and eleven months.
(b) Three years and two months.
(c) Two years and ten months.
(d) Two years and five months.

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

11. How many dates did Reiko and her husband have before he proposed?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

12. What college's sweatshirt does Hatsumi put on when she and Toru return to her apartment?
(a) MIT's.
(b) Princeton's.
(c) The Sorbonne's.
(d) Oxford's.

13. What does Reiko go to pick up at Oka's?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Wine.
(c) Grapes.
(d) A book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the gatekeeper at Ami Hostel tell Toru was really good in Tokyo?

2. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

3. Which bird does Naoko joke she wouldn't mind freezing?

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

5. What color dress does Hatsumi wear to the celebration dinner?

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