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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 color dress does Nori wear when Akira arrives?

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

3. From where did Nori's grandmother get the finest magic bath soap money could buy?

4. In Chapter 1, what color dress does Nori want?

5. What does Nori feel as she is taken away in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How sick is Nori in Chapter 4, and what does it take to get her treatment?

2. What happens to Nori at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What is Nori's grandfather like?

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

5. In Chapter 3, what does Nori gain from her conversation with Akira?

6. What type of baths does Nori have to take and how do they make her feel?

7. What is Akira's room like?

8. Who is Syusuke Tanaki and how long has Kiyomi worked for him?

9. What happens when Nori's grandmother visits her in Chapter 2?

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 cannot remember her mother—her memories seem to be blocked. What wall is keeping Nori from remembering her memories? How has the wall been a protection for her? When the wall breaks, what do her memories reveal about her mother?

Essay Topic 2

Nori is imprisoned in her grandmother’s attic at the beginning of the book. How does Nori long to be free then and throughout the novel? Does she finally gain freedom?

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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