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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the river in Natsuki's eyes in Part III?
(a) There are more fish in it.
(b) It is much small than she remembered.
(c) It is much bigger than she remembered.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Natsuki think Yuu thinks of her?
(a) He is angry with her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He is worried about her.
(d) He despises her.

3. How does Tomoya feel about Kise?
(a) He despises her.
(b) He does not really like or dislike her but he is wary of her.
(c) He does not know her at all.
(d) He loves her.

4. Who intervenes in favor of Natsuki on the question of visiting Akishina in Part III?
(a) Uncle Tahiro.
(b) Aunt Kiko.
(c) Aunt Ritsuko.
(d) Uncle Hiro.

5. How long had it been since Natsuki and Yuu had seen each other in Part III?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 30 years.

6. Who owns the house in Akishina?
(a) Teruyoshi.
(b) Natsuki's sister.
(c) Natsuki's father.
(d) Yuu.

7. What is Natsuki's husband's name?
(a) Teruyoshi.
(b) Tomoya.
(c) Hiro.
(d) Yi.

8. Where does Natsuki's husband desperately yearn to go?
(a) Florence.
(b) Marichaibo.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Akishina.

9. How does Natsuki feel about sex and relationships as she gets to be an older adolescent?
(a) She has sex often with strangers.
(b) She goes to several therapists to talk about her sexual abuse.
(c) She shies away from them.
(d) She dates many boys.

10. Why does Natsuki believe her ear is "broken"?
(a) Piyyut told her.
(b) It was the ear she heard Mr. Igasaki's voice from the phone in.
(c) She had a bad ear infection.
(d) Yuu told her.

11. What did Natsuki sometimes do at her grandparents' graves?
(a) Make offerings.
(b) She never went to the graves.
(c) Sing.
(d) Pray.

12. How does Tomoya refer to the town around Akishina?
(a) An industrial wasteland.
(b) A farm.
(c) An abandoned factory.
(d) A haven.

13. What does Natsuki use to keep herself warm at the mountain house?
(a) A thick blanet.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A hot water bottle.
(d) An electric heater.

14. How does Natsuki's cousin treat her at first when he visits the mountain house in Part IV?
(a) Coldly.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Warmly.
(d) He is very angry at her.

15. What does Natsuki honestly believe makes her see the world the way she does?
(a) The "alien eye."
(b) Her mother's advice.
(c) Piyyut.
(d) The magic wand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Natsuki's niece's name?

2. What does Piyyut tell Natsuki she must do in order to survive in Part III?

3. What does Tomoya say he wants to discard before he is dragged back into the factory?

4. What do Yuu, Natsuki and Tomoya do every morning in Akishina?

5. What can Natsuki's husband not stand the sight of?

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