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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 name of the dog Takanatsu brings for Hiroshi?
(a) Lindy.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Ollie.
(d) Dorie.

2. Why is Takanatsu regarded as an authority on divorce?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) His parents are divorced.
(c) He has written a book on the subject.
(d) He is divorced.

3. What do Misako and Takanatsu joke Lindy might catch a disease by doing?
(a) Licking herself.
(b) Swimming in the river.
(c) Using Takanatsu's bathwater.
(d) Eating human food.

4. In Chapter 1, on what grounds does Misako say she will attend the show?
(a) If Kaname does.
(b) If she can find a babysitter.
(c) If they go to dinner afterward.
(d) If the weather improves.

5. In Chapter 6, what time does Misako wake up in the morning?
(a) Six o'clock.
(b) Nine o'clock.
(c) Ten o'clock.
(d) Eight o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Kaname say he encouraged Misako to do?

2. What does Takanatsu urge Kaname to do in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Misako follow Takanatsu to his room in Chapter 7?

4. At the beginning of the novel, what kind of show are Kaname and Misako thinking about going to?

5. What does Kaname say he and Misako cannot find in one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Misako think communication is improved with Kaname when Takanatsu mediates?

2. What does Kaname think about on the train ride to the puppet theater?

3. What is at risk for Misako when she and Kaname divorce?

4. Who is Takanatsu? What does Takanatsu bring Hiroshi as a present?

5. How does Kaname think Osakans are different from Tokyoites?

6. What does Misako notice about her relationship with Kaname when Takanatsu is around? To what does she attribute this difference?

7. What does Hiroshi worry about the trip Takanatsu invites him on to Tokyo?

8. What does Takanatsu advise Hiroshi about getting his two dogs to be friends?

9. What does Takanatsu think of Misako's plan to divorce Kaname and marry Aso?

10. What does Kaname think about the female puppet in the show? Who does the puppet remind him of and why?

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