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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 Satoko say after Kiyoaki kisses her for the first time?
(a) That he made a mistake.
(b) That she is sorry.
(c) That she should go home.
(d) That she loves him.

2. Why does Iinuma want his flirtation kept secret?
(a) He is a private man.
(b) She wants him to keep it secret.
(c) He doesn't want to be fired.
(d) He is embarrassed.

3. In "Chapter 13," what does Honda say people ignore when looking back on history?
(a) Movements of men.
(b) Individual personalities.
(c) Women.
(d) Social categories.

4. How do Kiyoaki and Satoko help care for the dead dog?
(a) They don't do anything.
(b) They pick flowers for it.
(c) They lift the dogs legs.
(d) They dig a grave.

5. In Kiyoaki's dream in "Chapter 11," what does he see when he looks into the ring.
(a) A woman's face.
(b) An accident.
(c) A threatening man.
(d) His dead uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Satoko say when Kiyoaki tries to kiss her in "Chapter 19"?

2. In "Chapter 22," why does Satoko's family submit a petition to the emperor?

3. In Kiyoaki's dream in "Chapter 11," what is his ring made out of?

4. In what language do the Siamese princes speak to Kiyoaki?

5. In "Chapter 8," what worries Kiyoaki most about Satoko?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kiyoaki's illness affect his ability to get inside the monastery?

2. What happens when Honda and Kiyoaki return home in "Chapter 55"?

3. In "Chapter 9," why does Kiyoaki give Iinuma a key to his father's library?

4. What do Honda and the senior nun talk about?

5. What does Tadeshina do after writing a letter to Kiyoaki's father?

6. In "Chapter 33," what types of things do Kiyoaki, Honda, and the two princes talk about at the villa?

7. After visiting Satoko at the monastery, what solutions do Kiyoaki's parents come up with to get her out?

8. What does Honda see in the courthouse in "Chapter 29"?

9. In "Chapter 38," what does Honda think of the dead mole?

10. What does Kiyoaki do when he receives a boat in "Chapter 49"?

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