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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 sort of bathroom facilities are provided at the puppet theater?
(a) Open air buckets.
(b) A row of outhouses.
(c) Modern western-style facilities.
(d) A ditch.

2. What kind of class has Misako's father NOT sent O-hisa to?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Music.
(c) Flower arranging.
(d) Sewing.

3. In Chapter 14, what kind of woman does Kaname admit that he wants?
(a) A living doll.
(b) One from a hollywood movie.
(c) A madonna.
(d) One like Misako.

4. What does Takanatsu assume when Kaname assures him that Aso's intentions are honorable?
(a) That Kaname can't be bothered to care.
(b) That Kaname and Aso were once friends.
(c) That Kaname knows Aso's family.
(d) That Kaname has made a deal with Aso.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kaname imagine O-hisa as at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What kind of people are said to have a popular tradition of going on pilgrimage in Chapter 7?

3. What does Kaname find disconcerting about Misako's father's and O-hisa's relationship?

4. Why does Takanatsu refuse to mediate between Kaname and Misako any longer in Chapter 8?

5. What does Kaname decide at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. After assuring Takanatsu that Aso's intentions are honorable, what does Takanatsu assume?

2. What memory does Kaname recall as he is listening to the samisen music? Why does he think this memory is significant?

3. When does the hotel manager suggest Misako's father and his party should attend the theater? When does Misako's father want to go?

4. After six months of crying nightly, what did Misako finally admit to Kaname? What did Kaname and Misako agree to after her confession?

5. What does Kaname think about the relationship between his father-in-law and O-hisa in Chapter 9?

6. How did Japanese puppet shows originate?

7. In Chapter 13, what does Kaname find out from the letter from Takanatsu?

8. What does Kaname think when he hears Aso will not make Misako any promises?

9. How did Hiroshi find out about his parents' separation?

10. At the end of Chapter 14, what does Kaname realize he wants?

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