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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 23-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Taeko, Sachiko and Teinosuke think considering the strange circumstances at the dinner party?
(a) That they did not follow proper protocol.
(b) That they are not welcome.
(c) That they came the wrong day.
(d) That their friendship is over.

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

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

4. Why does Tatsuo reject Segoshi as a candidate for Yukiko?
(a) His mother may have been mentaly ill.
(b) He is too old for Yukiko.
(c) He was married beofre.
(d) He is not rich enough.

5. Why are Sachiko, Taeko, Yukiko and Etsuko stopped and asked to be photographed?
(a) They are the only women on the train.
(b) They are four beautigful women traveling alone.
(c) They wear western clothes.
(d) They wear traditional Japanese dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yukiko sometimes do in the main house?

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

3. What do Sachiko, Teinosuke, Etsuko and O-Haru write to Yukiko?

4. Where do Sachiko, Taeko, Yukiko and Etsuko go to see the cherry blossoms?

5. Where is the main house of the Makioka family?

(see the answer key)

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