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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Blaze of Clouds, The Chestnuts, and A Dream of Islands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shingo put in his tea to help his memory?
(a) Rice wine.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Gingko.
(d) Whiskey.

2. How many callers wait for Shingo after Toriyama's funeral?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. What direction does Shingo sit facing when the family eats meals together?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) West.

4. How old was a woman painter when she died in a eulogy that Yasuko read?
(a) 52.
(b) 81.
(c) 64.
(d) 75.

5. Where did Shuichi grow up?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Yokohama.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the month at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. In a novel that Shuichi shows an office girl, what city does the novelist reference?

3. n Chapter 3, to whom does Yasuko say that a kerchief belonged to that Fusako had?

4. What is the name of a maid Shingo attempts to remember?

5. How long have Shuichi and Kikuko been married?

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