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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 the first thing Midori asks Toru about the day she decides to talk to him again?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her outfit.
(d) That day's lecture.

2. Who taught Hatsumi to play pool?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Nagasawa.
(c) Her first boyfriend.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

4. 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) Her husband walking in.
(d) That she isn't pretty enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Reiko figure out how to play from hearing it on the radio?

2. On what does Toru cut his hand at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What part-time job does Toru take after classes start again?

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

5. To what does Midori compare life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. How does Toru's second visit to the Ami Hostel go?

7. What is Midori's theory about Toru's girlfriend?

8. What kind of student was the young girl Reiko taught?

9. Describe Toru's apartment.

10. What is Toru's explanation about the importance of the subjunctive tense?

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