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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of wife does Segoshi profess his preference for?
(a) Accepting western influences.
(b) Independent.
(c) Quiet and traditional.
(d) Active.

2. What does Taeko plan on giving up according to Book II, Chapters 1-5?
(a) Dance.
(b) Doll making.
(c) Her wedding plans.
(d) Sewing.

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

4. Who tells Mrs. Itani about the canceled marriage?
(a) Teinosuke.
(b) Sagoshi.
(c) Yukiko.
(d) Sachiko.

5. Why does Sachiko not want to urge Yukiko about a new suitor?
(a) She wants to make sure the man is honest before telling Yukiko about him.
(b) The breakdown of negotiations is still recent.
(c) She wants Yukiko to be sure she wants to marry.
(d) She wants to find someone for Taeko first.

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

7. Who does Sachiko receive a letter from in Book I, Chapters 23-29?
(a) Mrs Itani.
(b) Taeko.
(c) Tatsuo.
(d) Yukiko.

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

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

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

11. Who visits Sachiko in Book II, Chapter 1?
(a) Okubata.
(b) Teinosuke.
(c) Mrs Itani.
(d) Itakara.

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

13. What does Sachiko do after the storm?
(a) Helps with the moving of the main house.
(b) Go to an inn.
(c) Returns to Osaka.
(d) He cries.

14. Why do Tatsuo and Tsuruko have to move into a smaller house?
(a) The price was lower.
(b) The house was in a better neiborhood.
(c) The house was more solidly built.
(d) Their lease was canceled on a bigger house.

15. What worries Sachiko even more after Mr. Stoltz returns?
(a) The phones are down.
(b) Mr. Stoltz tells her about seeing flotting body.
(c) The description of the flood.
(d) Mr. Stoltz tells her about seeing Teinosuke almost drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sachiko notice as Taeko comes back?

2. Why does the main house stay in the small house in Tokyo?

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

4. What does Yukiko ask Sachiko for concerning the new suitor?

5. Who walks Etuko to school every morning?

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