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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 Nori feel as she is taken away in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Nori's grandmother hit her with?

3. What time does Akira begin giving Nori violin lesson in Chapter 4?

4. What piece does Akira play in Chapter 4 that Nori especially likes?

5. How many men file into the large room of flowers every other Saturday night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nori meet and become friends with Miyuki?

2. What is Nori's grandfather like?

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

4. How does Nori have lessons?

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

6. In Chapter 3, how does Nori prepared herself to see Akira?

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

8. At the end of Chapter 5, what does Nori realize about her mother?

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

10. What is Akira's room like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Will forces himself on Nori. How does Will force himself on Nori? Why does she not protest when he claims her as his own? How does Nori’s immaturity affect her acceptance of the relationship? As she matures, how does her growing maturity give her the courage to break off the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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