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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 year was Nori born?

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

3. Who owns the whorehouse where Nori is taken?

4. In Chapter 7, what color are the flowers that grow around the old shrine that is behind the main house?

5. In Chpater 8, how old is Kiyomi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Nori's grandfather like?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the first real memory Nori has?

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

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 3

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?

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