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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 did Kaname's father do for a living?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a merchant.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a farmer.

2. How do Misako and Kaname travel to the theater for the show?
(a) On a bus.
(b) In a taxi.
(c) In their car.
(d) By train.

3. In Chapter 5, what does Kaname say he encouraged Misako to do?
(a) Run away with Hiroshi.
(b) Go on holidays alone.
(c) Move back in with her father.
(d) Wear makeup.

4. If Kaname and Misako act carelessly, what might happen when they divorce?
(a) Kaname might lost his job.
(b) They will be financially ruined.
(c) They could lose their son.
(d) They will be ruined socially.

5. What does Kaname acknowledge about his relationship with Misako in Chapter 5?
(a) They get along very well.
(b) They were deeply in love when they married.
(c) They are too much alike.
(d) Their backgrounds are too different.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Takanatsu regarded as an authority on divorce?

2. What is Kaname moved by in the next act of the puppet show in Chapter 3?

3. What has Aso not promised Misako?

4. Where does Takanatsu offer to take Hiroshi for a few days?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kaname conflicted about going to the puppet theater with his father-in-law?

2. How does Kaname compare the portrayal of women in Hollywood films to their portrayal in Japanese art from the Edo period?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what is Kaname moved by in the puppet show? What does he think the show perfectly conveys?

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

6. What does Misako notice about her relationship with Kaname when Takanatsu is around? To what does she attribute this difference?

7. How did Takanatsu inform his wife he wanted a divorce?

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

9. What does Takanatsu let Misako look at in his suitcase? What jokes does Takanatsu make to Misako, which she reacts to in seriousness?

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

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