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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 do tourists pay to ring the bell for the anniversary celebration?
(a) 5 yen.
(b) 10 dollars.
(c) 10 yen.
(d) 1 yen.

2. What does Shingo buy after Kikuko gives the family gifts?
(a) Dryer.
(b) Vacuum cleaner.
(c) Toaster.
(d) Washing machine.

3. Where has Shuichi gone when Shingo gets up in Chapter 15, Section 3?
(a) Office.
(b) Kinu's house.
(c) Fishing pond.
(d) Tokyo.

4. How old was the grandfather who strangled his grandson?
(a) 61.
(b) 59.
(c) 57.
(d) 64.

5. Who has to tie Shingo's tie in Chapter 16?
(a) Fusako.
(b) Yasuko.
(c) Shuichi.
(d) Kikuko.

Short Answer Questions

1. How late is the shop open where Eiko works?

2. In Chapter 10, what bird does Shingo hear before it flies off toward the sea?

3. Where is Shingo in his first dream in Chapter 12, Section 3?

4. Where did a scientist from Tohoku University find lotus seeds?

5. Who is with Shingo in the dream where he is a young army officer.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shingo forget how to do in Chapter 16?

2. What does Kikuko explain about the ringing of the bell for the anniversary celebration?

3. What does Kikuko read about Aihara in the newspaper?

4. Why did the president of a boat and yacht company decide to disappear with his wife?

5. What article does Yasuko read to Shingo about a man from Buffalo, New York?

6. Who does Shingo follow when he gets to the garden where he is to meet Kikuko?

7. What news does Eiko bring Shingo in Chapter 13, Section 2?

8. Why did Kikuko decide to see a widowed friend who gives tea lessons?

9. Why does Shingo take his shoe off his right foot on the train?

10. How did Americans get some ancient lotus seeds to sprout?

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