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

2. How did Viscount Takagi die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Knife wound.

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

4. Where did the president of a boat and yacht company live with his wife?
(a) Nagasaki.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Okayama.
(d) Tokyo.

5. What were two neighborhood girls using for dishes in the neighborhood play house?
(a) Abalone Shells and Yatsude leaves.
(b) Clay.
(c) Walnut shells and maple leaves.
(d) Shards of dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color obi is Kikuko wearing at the beginning of Chapter 12?

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

3. In what month does Aihara attempt suicide?

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

5. How old was the woman with whom Aihara attempted to commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Kikuko get money for an abortion?

3. What presents does Kikuko bring back from Tokyo?

4. What did Shuichi do when he learned that Kinu was pregnant?

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

6. Where does Kikuko tell Satoko to go when she complains about Kikuko sewing her dress?

7. Why does Satoko rip off cherry branches?

8. How do Shingo and Kikuko describe the appearance of black lilies?

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

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

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