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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sachiko sense about Sawzaki?
(a) He wants to court Taeko.
(b) He want to marry Yukiko.
(c) He is not interested in Yukiko.
(d) He is prideful.

2. When did Katherina leave Russia?
(a) In 1929.
(b) When the Communists took power.
(c) After her birth.
(d) When her father died.

3. Why do Tatsuo and Tsuruko have to move into a smaller house?
(a) The house was in a better neiborhood.
(b) The house was more solidly built.
(c) The price was lower.
(d) Their lease was canceled on a bigger house.

4. Who is supporting the conversation during the dinner with Segoshi?
(a) Taeko.
(b) Sachiko.
(c) Etsuko.
(d) Yukiko

5. Whose clothes does Taeko wear when coming back home according to Book II Chapter 12?
(a) Her teacher's.
(b) Her classmates's.
(c) A change of clothes she brought to school.
(d) Itakura's sister's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What declines during the 1930s?

2. Where is Sawazaki from?

3. Who took over the Makioka family business at the death of the patriarch?

4. What type of wife does Segoshi profess his preference for?

5. What does Sachiko tell Yukiko about?

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