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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Natsuki start to wear at home to please her husband?

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

3. What is the term Natsuki's family uses for when the ground around a grave collapses?

4. In Chapter 4, who does Natsuki believe she killed at Mr. Igasaki's house?

5. What is the "magic word" Piyyut tells Natsuki to say to finish killing the wicked witch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Natsuki feel the most pressure from her family about?

2. Who does Natsuki believe she killed in Mr. Igasaki's house?

3. Who does Natsuki believes gives her the power to kill the evil creature in Part III?

4. How does Yuu react when Yota invites Natsuki to his house?

5. Who advocates for Natsuki to be able to visit Akishina, and why?

6. What is the dynamic between Kise and Tomoya?

7. How does Yuu react to Natsuki's and Tomoya's disclosures in Part III?

8. What does Natsuki offer to do for Tomoya when his father is beating him in Akishina?

9. Why is Tomoya fired?

10. Who takes Natsuki and Tomoya to Akishina, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the sources of both Tomoya's and Natsuki's unconventional views about marriage and childbearing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Murata establish Akishina as a refuge and a place of comfort and solace for Natsuki in the early stages of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Yuu distinguish between the acts of living and surviving? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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