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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 was the date in the Prelude?

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

4. When is Nori allowed to go in the garden?

5. In Chapter 6, what does the man smell of who Lady Yuko has take Nori?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Nori's grandfather like?

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

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

5. What does Akira look like when Nori meets him?

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

7. What do the servants say about Nori when she starts following Akira around the house?

8. How did Kiyomi come to the whorehouse?

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

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

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

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?

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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