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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 are there always large numbers of in the mountain house?
(a) Boxes of cereal.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Insects.
(d) Chairs.

2. In Part II, why does Mr. Igasaki say Natsuki needs to come to his house?
(a) Her best friend is there.
(b) He has good food there.
(c) He has a book he wants to give her there.
(d) He is inviting every student individually there.

3. What do Natsuki and Yuu make rings out of?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Wire.
(c) String.
(d) Hair.

4. What does Natsuki tell her husband her family would always buy in the spring?
(a) 5 chicks.
(b) A plant.
(c) A new house.
(d) A grill.

5. Where does Natsuki's mother want to go instead of to the mountain house for Obon in Part II?
(a) China.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) A hot springs resort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet does Natsuki think Yuu is from?

2. What does Natsuki remember Yuu telling her when they parted ways at the mountain house?

3. How does Natsuki try to kill herself?

4. What does Natsuki's mother hit her with in Part II?

5. What school does Natsuki go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Natsuki make to try to escape her misery?

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

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

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

5. Which relative is always kind to the children in Natsuki's family?

6. How does Natsuki feel her mother treats her?

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

8. What is Yuu's problem with Mitsuko?

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

10. How does Natsuki feel her mother treats her younger sister Kise?

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