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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. Where does Akira have Nori wait while he speaks with their grandmother in Chapter 6?

2. What job does Miyuki do in the afternoons?

3. How long does Nori have to stay in her baths?

4. Who owns the whorehouse where Nori is taken?

5. What does Akira say that he thinks Nori's father was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first real memory Nori has?

2. What is Akira's room like?

3. What pictures does Nori see in her mind when she listens to Akira play?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Akira bring Nori when he is gone for a week for a violin competition?

5. What does Nori learn about her mother in Chapter 5?

6. How does Nori have lessons?

7. What does Akira say would have happened to Nori if she had been born under his father's roof?

8. How does Akiko describe Nori when she goes outside for the first time since she came to her grandparents' house?

9. How did Kiyomi come to the whorehouse?

10. Why does Lady Yuko need Akira, and what power does that give him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nori and Miyuki meet at the brothel. How do the girls get acquainted? What do they have in common? How different are they? How do their shared experiences build a strong friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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