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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 does Naoko send Toru for his birthday?
(a) Chestnuts.
(b) A sweater.
(c) Mittens.
(d) A record.

2. What does Naoko teach at the sanatorium?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Astrology.

3. What does Naoko say is her favorite time of day?
(a) Noontime.
(b) Late at night.
(c) Morning.
(d) Sunset.

4. 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) Her apartment.
(d) A department store restaurant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Hatsumi to play pool?

2. What is stored in the shed where Reiko and Toru talk the night before he leaves?

3. Where does Midori ask Toru to take her the next time they meet?

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

5. What kind of club did Midori join when she entered university?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Toru learn about Naoko from Reiko's letters?

3. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

4. What was Reiko's courtship with her husband like?

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

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

7. What is Reiko's advice for Toru regarding Midori?

8. Describe Toru's apartment.

9. What happened to precipitate Reiko's first mental breakdown?

10. What happened to Reiko's marriage?

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