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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 is there plenty more of in Mikage's life?

2. Which of the following is the most major theme in the first chapter?

3. What does Yuichi bring home from work for Mikage to use?

4. What is Eriko's former name?

5. What does Mikage's dream foreshadow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hiiragi wear the women's uniform?

2. Describe Mikage's meeting with Sotaro.

3. How does Mikage know Yuichi before they become housemates?

4. Why doesn't Satsuki greet Hiiragi when she sees him walking on the street without the uniform?

5. Why does Mikage agree to move in with the Tanabe family?

6. Why does Satsuki have such a busy schedule?

7. Describe Mikage's encounter with her previous landlord.

8. What lifts Mikage's spirit when she is crying? Why?

9. Which characters in Part Two are running from the past? How?

10. Why does Mikage bring food to Yuichi at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in all three chapters find a way to grieve. For example, in Full Moon, Yuichi chooses to run from his problems rather than to face them directly. Analyze different methods of grieving in the novel and how they contribute to the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways do the characters find peace in the novel? What coping mechanisms do the characters use? Are they effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Determine how one character from each chapter grows or develops as a result of action in one chapter of the novel. What causes this growth?

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