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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. What type of thickets are the side of a stream Shingo sees from his window at the inn?
(a) Bearberry.
(b) Chokeberry.
(c) Plum.
(d) Bamboo.

2. What language does Shuichi know that Kikuko does not?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Chinese.
(d) German.

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

4. How old was the girl who had an abortion in Shingo's dream?
(a) 12 or 13.
(b) 14 or 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

5. How old was a woman painter when she died in a eulogy that Yasuko read?
(a) 64.
(b) 75.
(c) 52.
(d) 81.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take a train to pass through Tanna Tunnel?

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

3. What beverage does Kikuko serve Shingo mornings and evenings?

4. When did Yasuko begin to look younger than Shingo?

5. What type of butterflies does Shingo see in his garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Shingo come to hire Eiko?

2. What does Shingo struggle to remember at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Describe the circumstances of Kikuko's birth.

4. How does Shingo attempt to make his wife stop snoring?

5. Why does Kikuko go to the University Hospital?

6. What does Yasuko tell her daughter when Fusako says that Shingo is nice to Kikuko?

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

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

9. What sound does Shingo hear when he wakes in the night in Chapter 1?

10. In "Chestnuts," what birds does Shingo see?

(see the answer keys)

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