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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is O-haru?
(a) The family maid.
(b) The family seamstress.
(c) The family card reader.
(d) The family hairdresser.

2. Why is Tatsuo opposed to Taeko learning sewing?
(a) The pay is low.
(b) It would be too costly.
(c) He doesn't want her to be a working woman.
(d) It would not be an asset in finding her a husband.

3. Who comes to inquire about Taeko?
(a) Okubata.
(b) Itakura.
(c) Mrs. Itani.
(d) Yukiko.

4. What does Sachiko ask Yukiko in the car on their way home?
(a) If she wants to take her time before marrying Segoshi.
(b) If she wants to meet another man.
(c) What she thinks of Segoshi.
(d) What Segoshi told her.

5. Why does Yukiko refuse to marry Nomura?
(a) He does not want to allow her to work.
(b) He is too hold for her.
(c) He is not rich enough.
(d) Because of the shrine to his wife and children he is keeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over the Makioka family business at the death of the patriarch?

2. Who is Segoshi according to Book I, Chapters 10-16?

3. Who tells Mrs. Itani about the canceled marriage?

4. Who did the newspaper report as trying to elope?

5. Who tells Sachiko that Yukiko should live at the main house and not with her?

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