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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner in Chapter 3, how many times do candles blow out?

2. How long have Shingo and Yasuko been married?

3. With whom did a geisha consider committing suicide?

4. To what house was Grandfather Amamiya being taken into?

5. What type of thickets are the side of a stream Shingo sees from his window at the inn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Shingo's family.

2. Why does Shingo try to get Kikuko to lie down in Section 2 of Chapter 7?

3. Why was Kitamoto put in a mental hospital?

4. With whom did Shingo go dancing one night?

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

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

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

8. What story did a geisha tell Shingo in Chapter 1?

9. Why would it be difficult for Fusako and Aihara to flee if the typhoon should get really bad?

10. What type of a person was Toriyama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shingo calls himself a murderer by remote control. Discuss why Shingo feels that he is a murderer.

Essay Topic 2

Shingo is told the story of an old friend who pulled out his hair and who then was put into a mental hospital. Shingo believed that there was an element of parody in the story. Discuss parody and the story.

Essay Topic 3

The Ogata family attends a Kabuki play. Discuss Kabuki plays, and the play that the family attended.

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