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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bell in Spring, The Kite's House, and A Garden in the Capital.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What music is Kikuko playing when Shingo calls her at her family's home?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

2. How long have Yasuko and Shingo been married?
(a) 38 years.
(b) About 40 years.
(c) More than 30 years.
(d) 25 years.

3. How long have Shingo and Yasuko been married?
(a) Over 30 years.
(b) Nearly 40 years.
(c) 37 years.
(d) 25 years.

4. What type of flowers does Kikuko notice blooming since the typhoon damaged the sunflowers?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Amaranth.
(c) Feverfew.
(d) Lavender.

5. What actor plays Benkei in the Kabuki play?
(a) Kenji.
(b) Toma.
(c) Koshiro.
(d) Seizo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many thirteen-year-old girls had legal abortions?

2. How long has the maid been gone?

3. In Chapter 2, how many cigarettes does Shingo remember lighting at the office all at once?

4. Where did Shuichi grow up?

5. What type of thickets are the side of a stream Shingo sees from his window at the inn?

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