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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cherry in the Winter, Water in the Morning, and The Voice in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many thirteen-year-old girls had legal abortions?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What is the month at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) September.

3. What did Shingo believe that he picked up during a walk?
(a) Splinter.
(b) Ringworm.
(c) Glass shard.
(d) Blister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Yasuko and Shingo been married?

2. What does Shuichi hand Kikuko when he comes home at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. How long after Eiko quits work does she bring the woman who shares a house with Shuichi's mistress to see Shingo?

4. How old was the girl who had an abortion in Shingo's dream?

5. What type of flowers grow near Shingo's neighbor's house?

(see the answer key)

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