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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did a geisha consider committing suicide?
(a) A cook.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A lover.
(d) Her sister.

2. Where was there one middle-school pregnancy?
(a) Miyagi.
(b) Sendai.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Hirosaki.

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

4. What is Shingo offered to eat in a dream?
(a) Beans.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Rice.
(d) Fish.

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

6. 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.

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

8. How long have Shingo and Yasuko been married?
(a) 37 years.
(b) Over 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) Nearly 40 years.

9. In a novel that Shuichi shows an office girl, what city does the novelist reference?
(a) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Munich.
(d) Paris.

10. In Chapter 8, what does Shingo compare marriage to?
(a) Play.
(b) Journey.
(c) Marsh.
(d) Train ride.

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

12. How much older is Yasuko than Shingo?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

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

14. What beverage does Kikuko serve Shingo mornings and evenings?
(a) Plum wine.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Rice wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Tanna Tunnel?

2. On what day is there a typhoon?

3. How many children are in the back garden when Shingo awakes at the inn?

4. In Chapter 5, what flowers are on Kikuko's obi and cloak?

5. How old is Yasuko's aunt?

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