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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 use to keep herself warm at the mountain house?

2. Who intervenes in favor of Natsuki on the question of visiting Akishina in Part III?

3. Where does Yota live?

4. What dose Natsuki offer to do to the person who has chased Tomoya back to Akishina?

5. Why does Natsuki's father stop talking to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miho tell Natsuki about Natsuki's abuse?

2. What is the dynamic between Kise and Tomoya?

3. What does Tomoya want to do to try to reverse some of his brainwashing?

4. What does Tomoya say taboos are just another form or?

5. What happens when Tomoya tries to carry out his plan to engage in a taboo?

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

7. What does Natsuki begin to believe Yuu thinks of her in Chapter 5?

8. How does Natsuki feel when seeing Yuu again for the first time?

9. Who comes to visit at Akishina and what is the reason for the visit in Chapter 5?

10. Why is Tomoya so repulsed by the site of female skin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Murata reveals about both Natsuki and Tomoya by explaining how they came to their marriage agreement? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Murata describe Natsuki's experience of Mr. Igasaki's murder? Why might it be described in this way? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Natsuki recognizes engaging in cannibalism as a taboo that it will be impossible to rejoin polite society after taking part in? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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