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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. How long did the maid work for Shingo?

2. How many pieces of tin blew into Shingo's roof and garden?

3. What did Grandfather Amamiya bring when he came to say that he was leaving?

4. How old was a woman painter when she died in a eulogy that Yasuko read?

5. How old was the girl who had an abortion in Shingo's dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of a person was Toriyama?

3. Why does Kikuko have a scar on her forehead?

4. How does Shingo describe sunflowers he sees in his neighborhood?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Ikeda think would help get Shuichi to leave his mistress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss round and flat characters in the "The Sound of the Mountain".

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The author uses descriptions of nature to illustrate or emphasize Shingo's state of mind. Discuss how descriptions of nature are used to illustrate or emphasize Shingo's state of mind.

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