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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what color flowers grow in front of the house that had sunflowers growing last year?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

2. What is a nurse knitting while Shingo visits a dying friend?
(a) Scarf.
(b) Blue mittens.
(c) Socks.
(d) White sweater.

3. What lines the ditch outside the train as Shingo and the other passengers wait for the accident up ahead to be cleared?
(a) Pampas grass.
(b) Green weeds.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) Acaia trees.

4. Where is Shingo in his first dream in Chapter 12, Section 3?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) America.
(c) Osaka.
(d) France.

5. Where did a scientist from Tohoku University send lotus seeds he found?
(a) Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) France.

6. What type of sewing machine does Kikuko have?
(a) Seikosha.
(b) Necchi.
(c) Brother.
(d) Singer.

7. How old are the tulip trees in the garden where Shingo meets Kikuko?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 years.

8. How old was a woman who disappeared with her husband?
(a) 72.
(b) 64.
(c) 70.
(d) 68.

9. How old was the president of a boat and yacht company who disappeared?
(a) 69.
(b) 67.
(c) 74,
(d) 71.

10. How old was the woman with whom Aihara attempted to commit suicide?
(a) 19-20.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 25-26.

11. What type of flowers now grow in front of the house that had sunflowers last year?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Marguerites.
(c) Dahlias.
(d) Tulips.

12. In mid-August, what is wrong with the friend who Shingo goes to see in the hospital?
(a) Prostrate cancer.
(b) Pancreatic cancer.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Liver cancer.

13. How much do perambulators cost to rent by the hour at the garden where Shingo meets Kikuko?
(a) 15 yen.
(b) 25 yen.
(c) 30 yen.
(d) 20 yen.

14. Where did a scientist from Tohoku University find lotus seeds?
(a) Laos.
(b) Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Manchuria.

15. What does Kikuko bring her husband from Tokyo?
(a) Razor.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Collapsible umbrella.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has Shingo had his office career?

2. When did Viscount Takagi die?

3. What month is it when the anniversary of the Buddhist capital is celebrated?

4. What wakes Shingo after he dreams that he has a long beard?

5. What are Mrs. Ikeda and Kinu having for supper the night Shingo goes to talk to Kinu?

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