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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After meeting Aso, what did Misako begin to do again?
(a) Take trips to Tokyo.
(b) Speak to her father.
(c) Share a bed with Kaname.
(d) Cry at night.

2. What is the Japanese word for the sash O-hisa wears?
(a) Kanzashi.
(b) Geta.
(c) Obi.
(d) Furisode.

3. In Chapter 10, what time do the puppet plays begin at the theater?
(a) Seven o'clock in the evening.
(b) Eleven o'clock in the morning.
(c) Nine o'clock in the morning.
(d) Noon.

4. In Chapter 9, what season is it when Kaname accepts an invitation from his father-in-law?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

5. What do Kaname and his hosts spend the evening doing after leaving the puppet theater?
(a) Telling each other stories.
(b) Practicing chants.
(c) Listening to and playing music.
(d) Playing cards.

6. What does O-hisa need Misako's father to help her with in Chapter 10?
(a) Tying her sash.
(b) Picking out her outfit.
(c) Fixing her hair.
(d) Repairing her sandle.

7. In Chapter 13, what does Misako wish she had not done?
(a) Dated Aso.
(b) Had a child.
(c) Held a grudge against Kaname for so long.
(d) Lied to her fahter.

8. How does Misako's father react to the news of their divorce?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He is enraged.
(c) He thinks it's a joke.
(d) He is happy.

9. When did Kaname begin to withdraw sexually from Misako?
(a) Immediately after they married.
(b) After he found out about Aso.
(c) Five years after they married.
(d) Within a year of marriage.

10. What does O-hisa say she would rather be doing than going to the theater?
(a) Gathering vegetables in the countryside.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Going to see a movie.
(d) Visiting a temple.

11. What does Louise do to make herself more physically appealing?
(a) She covers her body in white powder.
(b) She wears a wig.
(c) She wears revealing clothes.
(d) She exercises.

12. Why do Kaname and his hosts leave the puppet plays early?
(a) Misako's father begins to feel ill.
(b) The show becomes uninteresting.
(c) The theater is too hot and crowded.
(d) To prepare for the next day's pilgrimage.

13. What are Misako's clothes made of?
(a) Satin.
(b) Rayon.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

14. How does Misako's father criticize O-hisa's singing?
(a) He says she doesn't know the words.
(b) He says she is off key.
(c) He says she sounds like a child.
(d) He says she sings too sweetly.

15. How did Misako deal with Kaname's neglect?
(a) She did everything she could to please Kaname.
(b) She had a baby in hopes of improving her marriage.
(c) She cried at night.
(d) She started seeing other men.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Kaname say men usually make promises to women?

2. Where has Kaname gone in the past to get a chance to sleep alone?

3. What does Takanatsu assume when Kaname assures him that Aso's intentions are honorable?

4. What does O-hisa apply to her skin while Misako's father and Kaname wait?

5. What does Misako's father apologize to Kaname for?

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