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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Natsuki's husband usually eat?
(a) Food from a convenience store.
(b) Meat.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Kale.

2. What does Yuu call his mother that is unusual?
(a) He calls her "granny."
(b) He does not address her.
(c) Her first name.
(d) Her last name.

3. Where does Natsuki's family keep her at the mountain house before taking her home?
(a) The forest.
(b) The cliff face.
(c) The attic.
(d) The mountain house.

4. What does Natsuki think of herself as in her household?
(a) A fire.
(b) A dumpster.
(c) An oasis.
(d) A plant.

5. Who is Yuu's mother?
(a) Mitsuko.
(b) Po.
(c) Hi.
(d) Hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Shizuka about Natsuki's relationship with her husband?

2. Who is the uncle who is always kind to the children at the mountain house?

3. Where does Natsuki live with her parents and sister?

4. How are families identified in the mountain house?

5. Who is Natsuki's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the adults always ask the children to do at the mountain house when they first arrive which is part of tradition?

2. What does Natsuki try to do right after her grandfather's funeral?

3. What childhood fantasy does Natsuki have in Part I?

4. In Part II, why does the family decide not to go to Akishina for Obon?

5. How do Natsuki and Tomoya meet?

6. What refrain does Natsuki constantly repeat to her mother to please her?

7. What does Yuu tell Natsuki he believes about himself that makes him special?

8. How does Natuski observe the dynamic between her mother and father?

9. Why is Natsuki barred from being a pallbearer in Part II?

10. Why do all the adults in Natsuki's family get so angry and upset with her and Yuu?

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