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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Scar, In the Rain, and The Cluster of Mosquitoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a survey by the Aomori Prefectural Public Health Service, how many cases of abortion were there among girls of high-school age?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

2. Whose dying words does Shingo mention in Chapter 12, Section 3?
(a) Baba Kocho.
(b) Mori Ogai.
(c) Abe Kobo.
(d) Takahashi Kazumi.

3. What are the dresses made from that Kikuko brings Fusako from Tokyo?
(a) Polyester.
(b) Silk.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Rayon.

4. How old is the young girl who talks to Shingo about flowers blooming near her house?
(a) 12 or 13.
(b) 11 or 12.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 10 or 11.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What actor plays Benkei in the Kabuki play?

2. How many middle-school pregnancies had there been in South Tsugaru?

3. What color raincoat does Eiko wear in "A Blaze of Clouds"?

4. What disease did the young man have who was strangled by his grandfather?

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

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