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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. Why is Kise often ridiculed at school?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is very tall.
(c) She has a lot of body hair.
(d) She is very short.

2. What does Mr. Igasaki tell Natsuki will make him angry?
(a) If she marries Yuu.
(b) If she does not study seriously.
(c) If she runs away.
(d) If she throws up again.

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

4. What does Mr. Igasaki pull out of the trash that belongs to Natsuki?
(a) A sock.
(b) A tissue.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A menstrual pad.

5. What surprises Shizuka about Natsuki's relationship with her husband?
(a) They share housework.
(b) He wants to have many children.
(c) He never exercises.
(d) He is very close to his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Igasaki sat to Natsuki after doing something very inappropriate to her in school?

2. Where does Natsuki's family keep her at the mountain house before taking her home?

3. What excuse does Mr. Igasaki make for touching Natsuki's body?

4. How does Natsuki meet her husband?

5. What does Yuu ask Natsuki to look for with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Natsuki after Mr. Igasaki sexually abuses her?

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

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

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

6. How does Natsuki feel her mother treats her?

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

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

9. What object makes Natsuki feel better when she is missing Yuu?

10. How does Natsuki feel about going to granny and grandpa's every year?

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