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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. What had Shingo attended at the garden where he meets Kikuko?

2. What time does the temple bell usually ring?

3. What is a nurse knitting while Shingo visits a dying friend?

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

5. In mid-August, what is wrong with the friend who Shingo goes to see in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Shingo describe a foreigner who is on the train when it is stopped in Chapter 15?

4. Why hasn't Shingo been giving Kikuko an allowance?

5. What happened to a little girl when Satoko grabbed the girl's kimono sleeve?

6. What is Shingo's first dream in Chapter 12, Section 3?

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

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

9. What presents does Kikuko bring back from Tokyo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Ikeda believes it would be best if Kikuko and Shuichi had their own home. Discuss why it was thought that Kikuko and Shuichi should have their own home, and how various characters feel about the subject.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the phrase "calmly swam through while everyone else was going under" applied to Shingo and his friends.

Essay Topic 3

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

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