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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Toru order for dinner at the French restaurant?
(a) Filet mignon.
(b) Duck.
(c) Sea bass.
(d) Lamb.

5. What playwright is Toru studying currently?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Sophocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Toru, years later, when he is reminded of Hatsumi?

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

3. To whom does Toru turn for advice on his relationships with Naoko and Midori?

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

5. What kind of nuts do Midori and Toru eat at DUG?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Toru's answer to Hatsumi's question of why he sleeps with random girls when he doesn't find much pleasure in it?

2. Describe Toru's apartment.

3. What have Midori and her sister decided to do with the bookstore?

4. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

5. Where did Hatsumi learn to play pool?

6. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

7. How does Nagasawa think he and Toru are alike?

8. What happens in the middle of the night the first night Toru is in the women's apartment that is unusual?

9. What is Toru's opinion about Nagasawa and Hatsumi's relationship?

10. How does Toru get Midori's father to eat?

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