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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Takanatsu urge Kaname to do in Chapter 4?
(a) Make up with Misako.
(b) Speak to Hiroshi about the divorce.
(c) Tell his father-in-law about his marriage troubles.
(d) Come to stay at his vacation home.

2. What might make Misako's boyfriend unwilling to marry her?
(a) If Misako has custody of her son.
(b) If Misako's father disowns her.
(c) If Kaname refuses to pay her alimony.
(d) If she stays with Kaname much longer.

3. Who is Aso?
(a) Misako's cousin.
(b) Misako's boyfriend.
(c) Kaname's employer.
(d) The babysitter.

4. Why does Misako get up early on most days?
(a) To listen to the news on the radio.
(b) To take the dog for a walk.
(c) To get Kaname's clothing ready.
(d) To get Hiroshi ready for school.

5. What does Misako say she is incapable of when she is alone with her husband?
(a) Letting Kaname get his own way.
(b) Showing Kaname affection.
(c) Acting sensibly.
(d) Saying what she wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, what kind of show are Kaname and Misako thinking about going to?

2. What does Misako wonder about in regards to the upcoming holiday?

3. What season is it in Chapter 6?

4. What does Kaname say he and Misako cannot find in one another?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Hiroshi imagine Takanatsu telling him on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kaname think Osakans are different from Tokyoites?

2. In Chapter 5, why does Kaname say he wants to get a divorce at a particular time of the year?

3. Why is Misako glad that Takanatsu is taking Hiroshi to Tokyo for a few days?

4. What does Takanatsu think of Misako's plan to divorce Kaname and marry Aso?

5. What does Kaname suspect Misako would rather do instead of attending the puppet theater?

6. How does Misako feel at the beginning of Chapter 6?

7. What is at risk for Misako when she and Kaname divorce?

8. What sort of woman does Kaname tell Takanatsu he is looking for? What does Takanatsu joke about Kaname's post-divorce life?

9. Who is Takanatsu? What does Takanatsu bring Hiroshi as a present?

10. What does Takanatsu advise Hiroshi about getting his two dogs to be friends?

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