View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is supporting the conversation during the dinner with Segoshi?
(a) Taeko.
(b) Etsuko.
(c) Yukiko
(d) Sachiko.

2. How many sisters form the Makioka family according to Book I, Chapters 1-9?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. Who did the newspaper report as trying to elope?
(a) Turiko.
(b) Etsuko.
(c) Yukiko.
(d) Sachiko.

4. What does Sachiko receive in the mail from a former classmate?
(a) A picture of a man named Nomura.
(b) A ring.
(c) A letter asking for help.
(d) A picture of the two of them.

5. What does Yukiko sometimes do in the main house?
(a) Cleans in place of her sister.
(b) Argues with her sister.
(c) Brings male friends.
(d) Goes alone to her room and cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tatsuo slow to give an answer on the marriage?

2. Why do Tatsuo and Tsuruko have to move into a smaller house?

3. What happens to Teinosuke on his way to Taeko's school?

4. Where do Yukiko and Taeko go for the new year celebrations?

5. What declines during the 1930s?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 237 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample