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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 did Mgumi get from her regular customer in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 6, what color kimono is Lady Yuko wearing when she tells Nori there are people coming to see her?

3. In Chapter 3, what times does Nori's grandmother start to allow her to roam the house?

4. How old was Kiyomi when her father sold her to a whorehouse?

5. In Chapter 6, how old is Nori?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Nori knitting before she is sold and why?

6. In Chapter 7, what does Akiko tell Akira happened to Nori?

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

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

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

10. What is Nori's grandfather like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is there more than one protagonist or antagonist in the story? Who are the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s) and why do they play that role in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Nori spends seven years after Akira’s death wandering. Why does Alice think Nori has spent that time martyring herself? Has Nori been a martyr? If so, to what?

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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