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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. How long has the maid been gone?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

2. What does Shuichi hand Kikuko when he comes home at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Socks.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fish.
(d) Book.

3. What is the name of a maid Shingo attempts to remember?
(a) Aika.
(b) Kiko.
(c) Kayo.
(d) Haru.

4. How many days does Shingo believe it will take to bring Fusako back?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 4-5.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

5. When did a geisha tell Shingo that she had considered committing suicide?
(a) 2 months earlier.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 1 month earlier.
(d) 2 days ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of a dwarf tree used to belong to Yasuko's sister?

2. How long have Yasuko and Shingo been married?

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

4. What language does Shuichi know that Kikuko does not?

5. What does Shingo buy at the fishmonger's after work in Chapter 1?

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