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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Katherina leave Russia?
(a) After her birth.
(b) In 1929.
(c) When her father died.
(d) When the Communists took power.

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

3. How old is Taeko?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 42.
(d) 31.

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

5. Where are Mrs Stoltz's children?
(a) With their father.
(b) At the theater.
(c) At the park with the nany.
(d) School.

6. What does Sachiko plan to take Etsuko to?
(a) A theater.
(b) A matchmaker.
(c) A specialist for her sleeping and behavior trouble.
(d) A new school.

7. Who does Taeko go with after the cancellation of her class?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Okubata.
(c) Itekata.
(d) One of her schoolmates.

8. What is said of Tsuruko's house?
(a) It has better plumbing than older houses.
(b) It is not as well made as older houses.
(c) It is better built than older houses.
(d) It is nicer than older houses.

9. What declines during the 1930s?
(a) The Makioka's influence on the Emperor.
(b) The Japanese influence.
(c) The Makioka fortune.
(d) The Japanese economy.

10. What does Yukiko say she will follow?
(a) The advice of Sachiko.
(b) The will of her husband.
(c) The decision of the family.
(d) Her own heart.

11. What does Teinosuke notice on Sachiko?
(a) A bruse.
(b) A bandage on her leg.
(c) A rash.
(d) Yellow eyes.

12. How old was Taeko when she tried to elope?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

13. Whose clothes does Taeko wear when coming back home according to Book II Chapter 12?
(a) Her teacher's.
(b) Itakura's sister's.
(c) Her classmates's.
(d) A change of clothes she brought to school.

14. Who is absent when Taeko, Sachiko and Teinosuke arrive for dinner?
(a) Mr Sagoshi.
(b) Yukiko.
(c) Tatsuo.
(d) Katherina's mother and brother.

15. Why is Tatsuo slow to give an answer on the marriage?
(a) The mail is slow to reach him.
(b) He is busy dealing with a contract.
(c) An investigation must be conducted.
(d) He wants to think about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sachiko notice as Taeko comes back?

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

3. Who is O-haru?

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

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

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