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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how much time does Nori spend learning to read music?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Nori bathe in?
(a) Rosewater.
(b) Salt water.
(c) Bubble bath.
(d) Bleach.

3. What sound can Nori hear outside her window when she is in bed in Chapter 4?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Cats.
(c) Owl.
(d) Cicadas.

4. What does the man wear who comes to see Nori in Chapter 6?
(a) Black three-piece suit.
(b) Gray three-piece suit.
(c) Navy three-piece suit.
(d) Brown three-piece suit.

5. What time does Akiko led Nori downstairs to meet her brother for the first time?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Mid-morning.
(c) Past midnight.
(d) Early evening.

6. In Chapter 4, how old are the poems Nori reads in the book that Akira lends her?
(a) Centuries.
(b) Thousands of years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 100 years.

7. What was the date in the Prelude?
(a) Summer 1948.
(b) Winter 1948.
(c) Fall 1948.
(d) Spring 1948.

8. What year was Nori born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

9. What is Akira wearing when Nori sneaks from the attic to see him?
(a) Blue pajamas.
(b) Red pajamas.
(c) Green pajamas.
(d) Black pajamas.

10. How old are some of the trees in the Kamiza garden?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 700 years.
(c) 1,000 years.
(d) 1,200 years.

11. Who owns the whorehouse where Nori is taken?
(a) A great-uncle.
(b) An uncle.
(c) The emperor.
(d) Her grandfather.

12. In Chapter 5, what does Akira bring Nori from a toy store?
(a) Doll.
(b) Teddy bear.
(c) Stuffed rabbit.
(d) Stuffed elephant.

13. In Chapter 5, after Akira tells Nori about their mother, what composer does he say they will work on the next day?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Bach.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Schubert.

14. When was Kiyomi born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1922.

15. What type of perfume does Nori remember that her mother used to use?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Lily.
(c) Peppermint.
(d) Lilac.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what time does Akiko come to wake Nori and find her sick?

2. In Chapter 7, Miyuki has been at the whorehouse two years, how much longer does she have to stay?

3. Wht color are Nori's eyes?

4. What does Nori name her stuffed rabbit?

5. In Chapter 6, what is Nori to stay away from in the garden?

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