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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Yasuko begin to look younger than Shingo?
(a) Just recently.
(b) Mid-fifties.
(c) Mid-forties.
(d) She always looked younger.

2. How many children were in Kikuko's family?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

3. What Kabuki play do Shingo, Yasuko, Shuichi, and Kikuko see in its movie version?
(a) Kochiyama.
(b) Kumagai Jinya.
(c) Togitatsu No Utare.
(d) Kanjincho.

4. Where is Yasuko's old family house located?
(a) Shinano.
(b) Ikeda.
(c) Agematsu.
(d) Takamori.

5. How old is Shingo?
(a) 72.
(b) 62.
(c) 60.
(d) 61.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Shingo believe it will take to bring Fusako back?

2. How much older is Yasuko than Shingo?

3. What actor plays Benkei in the Kabuki play?

4. According to a survey by the Aomori Prefectural Public Health Service, how many cases of abortion were there among girls of high-school age?

5. How many pieces of tin blew into Shingo's roof and garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the photograph of Toriyama that was at his funeral.

2. What music is Kikuko playing at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Why was Kitamoto put in a mental hospital?

4. How does Shingo describe sunflowers he sees in his neighborhood?

5. What does it mean when someone is called a "half a widow"?

6. What had the newspapers predicted about the 210th day of the year?

7. How did Toriyama's wife torture him when she was going through the change of life?

8. Describe Shingo's family.

9. What does the house look like where Shuichi's mistress lives?

10. How did Mizuta die?

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