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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are Fusako's children?
(a) 3 and 5.
(b) 4 and 6.
(c) 4 and 1.
(d) 1 and 3.

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

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

4. Where does Shingo think he might take a vacation in the summer?
(a) Kamikochi.
(b) Hachimori.
(c) Takayama.
(d) Nomugi.

5. What type of flowers grow near Shingo's neighbor's house?
(a) Maiden lily.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Wood poppy.
(d) Orchid.

6. In Chapter 2, how many cigarettes does Shingo remember lighting at the office all at once?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. How old is Fusako?
(a) 28.
(b) 25.
(c) 37.
(d) 30.

8. What time is Shingo awakened by the noise Shuichi makes when he comes home drunk in Chapter 8?
(a) 1:30.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 2:30.
(d) 12:30.

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

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

11. Where do Shingo and Kikuko talk about Shuichi and Kikuko having their own home?
(a) In a taxi.
(b) At home.
(c) On the train.
(d) In the garden.

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

13. Where is a friend of Kikuo's hospitalized after having had an abortion?
(a) Kobe.
(b) Saitama.
(c) Chiba.
(d) Hongo.

14. Where did Kitamoto's wife and children take refuge from the air raids?
(a) Gifu.
(b) Aomori.
(c) Nagano.
(d) Okinawa.

15. How many pieces of tin blew into Shingo's roof and garden?
(a) 5.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 7-8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What direction does Shingo sit facing when the family eats meals together?

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

4. Where did Shuichi grow up?

5. What name is on the gate of the house where Shuichi's mistress lives?

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