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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. How old is the geisha who sits on Shingo's lap when he sees several geisha home?
(a) 31.
(b) 25.
(c) 4-5 years younger than Kikuko.
(d) Kikuko's age.

2. How long does Shingo want to rest in the ground?
(a) 25,000 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 50,000 years.

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

4. When Shingo dozes on the train after work, what type of trees does he dream of?
(a) Maple.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Acacia.
(d) Cherry.

5. What time does Shingo get out of bed in Chapter 15, Section 3?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ikeda bring Shingo to drink when he comes to talk to Kinu?

2. Where did the president of a boat and yacht company go with his wife before they disappeared?

3. How old are the lotus seeds that a lotus doctor manages to get to blossom?

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

5. How old are the tulip trees in the garden where Shingo meets Kikuko?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Fusako take from Kikuko in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 15, what does Yasuko find odd about the cherry tree?

5. Why does Shingo suspect that his friend who had cancer died from suicide?

6. What is being celebrated and how at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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